The Slime Lantern is an underwater lighting tool that provides a source of light when exploring underwater. It requires collecting Slime Mold Stalks, Eelgrass Strands, and Lilypad Wax in order to ...

Two researchers in an inflatable boat glided out onto Batiquitos Lagoon in Carlsbad, California, August 15, looking for eelgrass, an underwater plant that provides a nursery for fish, crabs, shrimp ...

BAY VIEW, Skagit County — On a cloudy Friday morning, a group of volunteers huddled on the shore of the Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, peering over Angelica Lucchetto’s shoulder at ...

VIRGINIA, USA — Beneath the surface of the Chesapeake Bay, a quiet but significant transformation is taking place. Eelgrass, long a foundational seagrass species supporting fish, crabs, and other ...

Eelgrass – a humble but critical part of a healthy estuary ­– faces threats across the globe from development, pollution and warming oceans. But in Tillamook Bay, state wildlife officials and ...

Massachusetts already has an official state muffin (corn), beverage (cranberry juice) and game bird (wild turkey), among many other state symbols. Now eelgrass may become the official marine flora of ...

Matthew Long peers over the side of the research boat Calanus, into the dark water of Hadley Harbor, about 2 miles from Woods Hole. There's a meadow down there, according to Long, a marine chemist at ...

The Morro Bay estuary has seen a massive resurgence of eelgrass in recent years due in part to targeted restoration efforts. New research by the Morro Bay National Estuary Program and Cal Poly show ...

Beds of eelgrass (Zostera marina) form an important habitat in coastal regions throughout the northern hemisphere, crucial to many fish and other species and storing vast amounts of carbon. A new ...

On the island of Laeso in Denmark, one man is reviving the lost art of eelgrass thatching and, in doing so, bringing attention to a plant that has great potential Anna Fiorentino - Freelance writer ...