As the sargassum washes ashore, some beaches could be inundated with the stinky seaweed, as they have been in years past.

Sargassum is a genus of leafy brown seaweed characterized by its gas-filled sacs called pneumatocysts. These allow the algae ...

In Florida, travelers can still find cleaner stretches of shoreline by choosing beaches along the Gulf Coast and using ...

Particularly odorous seaweed known as sargassum has made its return to beaches along South Florida's Atlantic-facing coast ...

One prominent strategy relies on sinking massive quantities of seaweed to the deep seafloor – a process designed to lock away carbon for hundreds of years, at least in theory. But according to new ...

Many of us think of seaweed as a nuisance. The slimy, sometimes smelly, stuff that clogs fishermen's nets, gets tangled around our ankles in the ocean, and washes up unwanted on the beach. Even its ...

Eating seaweed has entered the culinary mainstream, but it's still mysterious on many levels. When creating an entire salad around this salty, savory ocean algae, you definitely want to get it right.