Explore the impact of Sargassum on Caribbean beaches and coastal areas as record levels disrupt resorts this summer.

The seaweed tends to bob around in island-like masses that can stretch for miles. Out in the open ocean, these massive rafts can be key floating habitats that provide food, shelter and breeding ...

Scraping the smelly sargassum seaweed off some beaches on Mexico’s resort-studded Caribbean coast has become not only a nightmare, but possibly a health threat, for the workers doing it.

Scraping the smelly sargassum seaweed off some beaches on Mexico’s resort-studded Caribbean coast has become not only a nightmare, but possibly a health threat, for the workers doing it.

Scraping the smelly sargassum seaweed off some beaches on Mexico’s resort-studded Caribbean coast has become not only a nightmare, but possibly a health threat, for the workers doing it.

TULUM, Mexico (AP) -- Scraping the smelly sargassum seaweed off some beaches on Mexico's resort-studded Caribbean coast has become not only a nightmare, ...

TULUM, Mexico — Scraping the smelly sargassum seaweed off some beaches on Mexico’s resort-studded Caribbean coast has become not only a nightmare, but possibly a health threat, for the ...

It is a Sisyphean task at a beach north of Tulum, where huge mats of seaweed float just offshore. New photos show Phantom Galaxy, around 32 million light-years away ...

TULUM, Mexico — Scraping the smelly sargassum seaweed off some beaches on Mexico’s resort-studded Caribbean coast has become not only a nightmare, but possibly a health threat… ...

TULUM, Mexico >> Scraping the smelly sargassum seaweed off some beaches on Mexico’s resort-studded Caribbean coast has become not only a nightmare, but possibly a health threat, for the workers ...