The long golden-brown strands of bull kelp that wash up along Washington’s shores might seem like just beach debris, but they ...

The legislation co-sponsored by Rep. Greg Nance, D-Bainbridge Island, designates bull kelp as the state's marine forest in an effort to protect the species along Washington's coastlines.

OAKLAND, Calif.— The Center for Biological Diversity petitioned NOAA Fisheries today to grant Endangered Species Act protection to bull kelp, which faces grave threats from climate change and coastal ...

Johnathan Casey, curator of fish and invertebrates at the Aquarium of the Pacific, views baby bull kelp growing at the aquarium's behind-the-scenes lab. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times ...

Researchers are growing the food of the future in this laboratory: meat that uses kelp as an alternative to animal-based ingredients.