It's heating up, Memorial Day weekend is coming, and everyone's heading to the beach. Unfortunately, so are tons of toxic seaweed. Sargassum is a beneficial resource in the Atlantic. But on Florida's ...

Large and often smelly brownish-colored algae blobs are headed for South Florida shores once again. But this time, they’re even bigger. In fact, the amount of sargassum seaweed aimed at Floridians ...

Tanya Stiller pulls an already detatched sea palm out of the water on a beach south of Half Moon Bay. Stiller leads seaweed foraging and medicinal seaweed classes, and holds a commercial kelp ...

In a world where Parkinson’s disease affects millions of people and has no cure, scientists might have just stumbled upon something remarkable in an unexpected place – seaweed. But not just any ...

The brown seaweed is a common sight across the Caribbean and on South Florida beaches. The Tampa Bay Times e-Newspaper is a digital replica of the printed paper seven days a week that is available to ...

Tons of slimy, brownish, smelly bands of algae float along the southern Atlantic Ocean, where it has washed ashore in Florida, Texas and the Caribbean. But year after year, that algae — better known ...

If you've visited the beach lately, you’ve probably noticed it — the golden tide is in! Massive amounts of sargassum seaweed are washing ashore along the Texas coast this week, piling up in thick mats ...

Florida's beaches are hit by smelly sargassum blooms. A new study estimates costs at $3.63 billion annually. Here's why it ...

With more sargassum expected through the summer and in the future, both travelers and the hospitality industry are adapting but long-term solutions may require broader environmental and policy action.

Worried about Cancun seaweed season? Discover the best beaches free of seaweed in Cancun, and get tips on how to avoid ...