A pair of snails sits on a fingertip. The snail, Lacuna vincta, is a common pest on kelp farms. Credit: Courtesy of Cara Blaine Maine researchers are on the lookout this winter for a tiny snail that ...

COPENHAGEN — “Sea snail broth,” a server says, introducing the first course of a dinner for which I’ve just traveled 4,000 miles to try. The initial impression is a warm and wonderful elixir pooled ...

Many people have never eaten—or even heard of—red abalone, a species of sea snail that lives suctioned onto boulders and feeds on the lush kelp forests of Northern California. Abalone is a much-sought ...

Fossils of kelp along the Pacific Coast are rare. Until now, the oldest fossil dated from 14 million years ago, leading to the view that today's denizens of the kelp forest -- marine mammals, urchins, ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Stretching more than 1,300 kilometers (800 miles) along the coast of South Africa, the Great African Seaforest is home to thousands of species, ...

Pacific kelp forests are older than once thought, according to new research. The unique underwater kelp forests that line the Pacific Coast support a varied ecosystem that was thought to have evolved ...

The unique underwater kelp forests that line the Pacific Coast support a varied ecosystem that was thought to have evolved along with the kelp over the past 14 million years. But a new study shows ...