Brazilian and British researchers have observed that a small crustacean that changes color according to the marine vegetation ...

Sargassum: A genus of brown algae that floats in large masses in the ocean, providing habitat for marine life. Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ): A region near the equator where trade winds ...

On the right side of the cover, it is daytime—and we can see two kinds of algae in the water around the boat. One type is microalgae, which can only be seen with a microscope. Macroalgae, on the other ...

A Finnish algae processing company is considering installing a plant in the Dominican Republic given the negative impact of the sargassum seaweed invasion of its beaches and tourism industry.

Clumps of the brownish seaweed known as sargassum have long washed up on Caribbean coastlines, but researchers say the algae blooms have exploded in extent and frequency in recent years.

Swimming among these algae and then pretending to surface is like pulling a spoon out of a very thick soup. Sargassum is plant material, it gets tangled in the hair and traps between its nets.