(NEXSTAR) – Bits of the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt – a 5,000-mile-wide seaweed bloom – have started to wash up in Florida, but we’re likely months away from peak activity, researchers said Sunday.

By mid-April the seaweed, which looks a lot like a watery sweet potato casserole with the brown, crusty topping, had spread ...

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VENICE, Fla. (AP) — In a rare occurrence along Florida's Gulf Coast, a large sperm whale that drew national attention after beaching itself on a sandbar died Monday, state wildlife officials said. The ...

(NEXSTAR) – The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt is thriving, “setting a record abundance” for this time of year, according to a new report released Friday. All that abundance – an estimated 13 million ...