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, ...

The rich resources of Pacific kelp forests helped humans populate the Americas. Now depleted by as much as 95 percent, they need our help to recover. 4:03 The kelp forests off the coast of ...

On a clear March afternoon, John Smet shut off the engine of his workboat as he approached his go-to wild kelp bed. It was high tide, so less kelp was pooling on the surface of the water ...

Adorably fuzzy sea otters aren’t just cute. The marine mammals serve a crucial role, helping to restore the giant kelp forests they rely on by removing their top predators, the sea urchins.

A sea otter floating above ribbons of kelp is undoubtedly one of nature’s cutest scenes. It’s well known that the marine mammals help make these sea surface ‘pillows’ more abundant ...

Kevin Gaines, director of operations at Kelp Ark, explained the process: "We take the live plants, and we bring them back to our aqua culture systems at AltaSea. And we actually get them to ...

Across the Southern Hemisphere, patches of seaweed are getting sick. Scientists have found strange yellow growths called galls on kelp in Latin America, southern Africa, and Australasia. The disease ...

Joseph has lived on King Island for almost his whole life, and he knows some of the best spots to find bull kelp. As the number of reports about kelp disappearing grows, kelpers on one Australian ...