Red seaweed has been washing up on Rhode Island beaches for years, but what is it? This week on Possibly we explain what’s causing this red seaweed to appear, how it’s different from harmful “red ...

It can be used to wrap sushi rolls or serve as a pestilent, sometimes smelly, nuisance for beachgoers. But is that really all seaweed is good for?

You have probably seen "NPK" written on fertilizer bags. That "K" there stands for potassium. Potassium is not just a side nutrient. In fact, potassium is one of the three most important nutrients for ...

Fortifying soil with fertilizer is an essential step to help your garden yield a bounty of flowers, fruits, and vegetables. Plants need nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium in the highest amounts. They ...

Skip the store-bought fertilizers and start turning a few ingredients you probably already have into natural plant food. Whether you’re growing houseplants, garden plants, or a lawn, homemade organic ...

Someone spraying liquid fertilizer on their garden plants. - VH-studio/Shutterstock With so many new forms of fertilizer on the garden scene, liquid seaweed is slowly becoming one of the go-to choices ...

Droplets of blood red algae dance in a bubbling beaker in a Waiʻanae High School classroom, as Leihōkū Elementary schoolchildren huddle around. Recent Waiʻanae graduate Hyrum Tom and teacher Tyson ...

During this week’s beachcombing survey along the Texas coast, several sargassum pipefish were discovered hidden among freshly washed-up seaweed. These slender, secretive fish are rarely seen unless ...

The amount of farmed seafood we consume -- as opposed to that taken wild from our waters -- is soaring every year, making aquaculture an ever-more important source for many diets, and a response to ...