It is commonly supposed that this area of the Atlantic is so thick with seaweed that ships cannot penetrate it. Although it is indeed strewn with floating Sargassum, it is actually a biological desert ...

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 ...

A new study found that microbes in the Sargasso Sea divide nutrients throughout their communities over time, supporting ...

The Sargasso Sea is a vital ecosystem of global importance. The study links the ecological health of the Sargasso Sea to relevant economic sectors using existing data. This includes ecosystem services ...

A young female landowner in 1840s Jamaica marries a just-arrived Englishman to avoid losing her property. All seems to be perfect, love arises, and happiness is on the way, but she is hiding an ...

For the new episode of The Aquatic World with Philippe Cousteau, he takes his animated submarine to the Sargasso Sea. Never heard of it? The sea and its signature seaweed lie in the west Atlantic ...