Divers recently sought evidence of the Palisades fire's underwater toll, particularly its effect on a vital anchor of the coastal ecosystem: kelp.

Chef Andrew Wilkinson of North Coast Seafoods hands out samples of kelp "meatballs" at an Introduction to Global Public Health class. (Photos by Lee Pellegrini) A new nutritious, sustainable, ...

draw and label the parts of a kelp plant. identify human uses of kelp. Beautiful and biologically complex kelp plants grow underwater and create underwater kelp forests in the rocky coastline ...

A project that aims to use kelp extracts to manage nutrients more efficiently is underway with a partnership of experts ...

A study last year strengthened the link between recovering sea otter populations and the long-term health of kelp forests – the towering brown algae that provide food and shelter for thousands of ...

Pacific Kelp Co. is working with two university researchers to study the benefits of their kelp extract as fertilizer. If it ...

But for a new crop of farmers growing sugar kelp in the waters of the Long Island Sound, planting season is just wrapping up and the seeds are germinating under the surface. By mid-spring ...

These waters are home to one of the plant world’s most incredible species: giant kelp. As it grows, like all plants, it sucks up carbon dioxide and stores it away. But giant kelp is one of the ...

When sea otters were reintroduced along the coastlines of islands in Southern California and British Columbia, researchers saw kelp forests return to areas that were destroyed by sea urchins.