Stonington Whiting, by Chef David Standridge, wrapped in sugar kelp, tempura fried with fresh mint, cilantro, Moromi shoyu and togarashi aioli. Legend has it that some forms of kelp can grow up to two ...

Newly discovered kelp fossils peg their existence to 32 million years ago. These fossils may help explain how the Pacific Ocean's underwater 'forests' came to be. The kelp forests that hug the Pacific ...

The kelp forests that hug the Pacific coastline are an underwater jungle. They’re a thicket of colossal algae intermixed with a pageant of life that includes snails, urchins, sea lions, sea otters, ...

There's a rallying cry at various bays and beaches up and down the West Coast; it's "Help the kelp!" The towering brown seaweed with the floating bulb on top is in steep decline. That's alarming ...

Just off the shore in Casco Bay, Maine, marine scientist Scott Lindell descends into an underwater kelp forest, his ears filling with frigid water as he swims down to the seafloor. Lindell’s mission: ...

How do you use AI, ROV and an x-box joystick to save kelp? Kelp forests are in danger because of climate warming, but tracking the health of this essential ocean habitat is expensive and time ...

A massive sea creature was seen “kelping” off the coast of California. Matt Hardy Unsplash A massive sea creature was seen wrapped in a “kelp patty” off the coast of California and experts believe it ...

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