Know your seaweed: when it's in season, what it tastes like, and how best to use it in the kitchen. Location: Subtidal on rocky substrate, found in more sheltered environments and in areas of strong ...

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, ...

Without sea stars, an explosion of sea urchins knocked the ecosystem off balance. Now scientists are racing to breed a new generation of their predators. An ochre sea star tries to blend into a kelp ...

A missing swimmer in Monterey Peninsula was identified by eyewitnesses Monday as multiple area agencies continued, and then later suspended, their search on Lovers Point in Pacific Grove. Just after ...