Brown algae, also known as kelps, are a group of seaweeds in the order Phaeophyta. They attach to rocks on the sea bottom by a tissue known as their holdfast, from which their flexible stems (known as a stipe) and leaf-like tissue (or fronds) grow into...

Alariaceae Chordaceae Laminariaceae Lessoniaceae Phyllariaceae...

A private dive team has discovered the wreckage of an American ship that sank off the south-central Alaska coast 139 years ago. The Torrent sank in Cook Inlet in 1868 after tidal currents rammed it into a reef south of the Kenai Peninsula. Documents from...

A chef who took over her family's seafood restaurant after the death of her father became the fourth woman to win the highest accolade from France's Michelin Guide, the bible of gastronomy.For Anne-Sophie Pic, the honor was as much personal as professional. Her restaurant in...

One of the nation's most ambitious plans to protect marine life was approved Friday when a state panel voted to ban or restrict fishing across more than 200 square miles of water off Central California.The Fish and Game Commission unanimously designated 29 marine preserves between...

A chef who took over her family's seafood restaurant after the death of her father became the fourth woman to win the highest accolade from France's Michelin Guide, the bible of gastronomy.For Anne-Sophie Pic, the honor was as much personal as professional. Her restaurant in...