Sargassum, a type of brown seaweed, is expected to increase on Florida's shores in the coming weeks. The University of South Florida predicts a significant sargassum season in 2025.

Each year, between March and October, large amounts of brown seaweed called sargassum wash up on the shores of Caribbean islands—choking beaches, damaging marine life and threatening tourism and ...

Sargassum, the stinky, slimy bane of beachgoers worldwide, returned to swarm South Florida beaches in late April as masses of the seaweed were spotted lining the shores of Miami Beach, a famous ...

Sargassum seaweed, a common brown algae, grown in large masses and known for its rough texture and toothlike edge is typically found along Florida’s Atlantic coast and in the Caribbean Sea.

Tons of stinky, brown sargassum headed to Florida beaches. Where it’s going, what we know Story by C. A. Bridges and Samantha Neely, Daytona Beach News-Journal • 1w ...

Sargassum Swimming Crab: A camouflaged predator of the seaweed By Jace Tunnell, Harte Research Institute June 15, 2025 ...

The Belize government says it will allocate funding and offer incentives to facilitate the collection and transportation of ...

Record amounts of sargassum are floating in the Caribbean Sea and ending up on beaches from Puerto Rico to Guyana — but scientists aren't sure why there's so much of it in the first place.

Smelly sargassum washes up on South Florida beaches, prompting warning from marine science experts By Jessica Vallejo, Phil Ferro, Rubén Rosario April 25, 2025 Share ...

Sargassum swimming crabs live in floating seaweed in the Atlantic, Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico (renamed by the U.S. government as Gulf of America). They are camouflaged and small but aggressive ...