Larger creatures such as fish and turtles find ... Photograph by David Doubilet The two predominant species of sargassum in the Sargasso Sea are the only seaweeds in the world that don’t begin ...
The Sargasso is the only sea surrounded by ocean ... forest, alive with drifting leaves and hidden creatures—including eels. The spread of this seaweed has grown so vast in recent times that ...
Juvenile eels, known as elvers, arrive in Scottish rivers and lochs after migrating more than 3,100 miles (5,000 km) from the Sargasso Sea near the Bahamas, where the animals spawn and lay eggs.