I was off work last week to spend time with family at the beach. The vacation was amazing, and I was thankful to get away, but when we arrived in the Dominican Republic, we encountered something we ...

Miami-Dade spends millions hauling the seaweed of the beach every summer. That's just the start of the costs.

Walking along the beaches of New England, it's easy to spot large amounts of fine red seaweed clogging the coastline, the result of sweeping changes beneath the water. Researchers looked at seaweed ...

A new study finds the found Japanese seaweed filled a gap left by the disappearance of native species. Eradicating invasive plants and species may not always be the best policy. A new study shows a ...

While the news often mentions the terrible things in the sea, such as gyres of plastic and other trash, the oceans also hold an extremely valuable resource: seaweed. This renewable and easily ...

A new global certification program aims to protect from overfishing wild seaweeds, which serve not only as a crop but a habitat for hundreds of other ocean species Think of overfishing and sea ...

Somewhat drab and unassuming, the humble rockweed’s olive-green or yellowish-brown appearance belies its importance in the rocky intertidal zone. “It’s considered a foundation species,” UC Santa ...

Should gross sargassum (seaweed) stop you from a Florida beach visit? Definitely not. They're still postcard-worthy, despite ...

On a rainy September morning, on the outskirts of Glasgow, Scotland, a handful of engineers are standing around a plastic swimming pool. Sitting along the water's surface are little rubber duckies, ...

Using resources like fish waste, shells and seaweed can improve soil structure and add nutrients for growing crops.