A clump of sargassum weed the size of a soccer ball drifts near Bermuda in the slow swirl of the Sargasso Sea, part of the North Atlantic gyre. A weed mass this small may shelter thousands of ...

Our Dorado catching mentor on this mission was named Virgil. Class of ’55 Miami High. Only Virgil pronounced his home town as ...

The findings suggest that changing wind patterns and increased tropical storm activity in the region may have prompted this ...

We must let people know that we in the Caribbean are not sitting on our hands but trying to find solutions to the threat presented by the Sargassum weed,” he said.

Travelers and doctors alike should be aware that prolonged contact with the Sargassum weed, or inhaling the hydrogen sulfide gas it gives off as it decomposes on the beach, can cause heart ...

“People would delight at seeing the diversity of life associated with this floating sargassum weed, and he would delight in showing it,” Farrington said. Mr. Teal was enamored with natural ...

The final type of grass we consider isn’t really grass at all, rather it’s a species of algae. Sargassum weed grows in the open ocean, totally unattached to the ground at all. It floats free in the ...

Every year, masses of this seaweed arrive at the coasts of the country. Sargasso weed masses are characterized by a foul odor, which affects tourism.

currents and eddies sometimes converge this sargassum into weed lines. A book published in the 1990s by Dr. Andrew Bakun ...

LIFE CYCLE: A loggerhead's lifespan is estimated to be up to 100 years. FEEDING: Loggerhead sea turtles feed on sponges, jellyfishes, sargassum weed, small gastropods, clams, horseshoe crabs, and ...

According to Godfrey, they usually hide in "floating mats of sargassum weed" and then spend years exploring the globe. Godfrey describes the adventure in detail. "One hatchling is going to travel ...

The Sargasso weed is getting thicker. It now adorns both port and starboard sides clinging on to the netting on the guardrails and has been named the "hanging gardens of Unicef".. So, the first mark ...