Seaweed, a staple in traditional diets across the globe, is now gaining recognition in the United States. UConn Department of ...

Seaweed has long been a staple in many coastal cuisines, but recently it has gained attention in the wellness world for its impressive nutrient profile. From sushi rolls to dried seaweed snacks and ...

If the Lewis and Clark Expedition only had Alanna Kieffer along for their winter on the North Coast in 1805-1806, maybe they wouldn’t have complained so much about their almost daily diet of poor elk, ...

Upton Sinclair, author of the scathing 1906 meat industry exposé The Jungle, would later in his life coin a particularly useful aphorism: “It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his ...

This is a special encore segment of “Under the Radar with Callie Crossley.” This originally published on Sept. 8, 2023. Oceans, rivers and lakes are chock-full of thousands of underwater plants and ...

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, ...

Eating seaweed has entered the culinary mainstream, but it's still mysterious on many levels. When creating an entire salad around this salty, savory ocean algae, you definitely want to get it right.

Michele Gilfoil, founder of Planet Botanicals, manufactures skin care products with ingredients such as seaweed from Maine harvesters at her facility at the Dana Warp Mill in Westbrook. COURTESY / ...

Oceans, rivers and lakes are chockful of thousands of underwater plants and algae collectively described as seaweed. Demand for seaweed — kelp, specifically — has exploded as scientists have confirmed ...