Cows don’t usually eat seaweed. But researchers at UC Davis want to change that in an effort to get the animals to burp smaller amounts of greenhouse gases. Most cows on the campus dairy are fed ...

Eating seaweed may provide a few extra calories to the reindeer, but it came at a cost: seaweed eaters had a lot of diarrhea, probably from the salt, Hansen said.

A United Nations report says that nearly 16 million tons of seaweed were farmed in 2008 — most of it in Asia. Yarish helped a company called Ocean Approved start the United States' first open ...

Learn about the different foods animals eat with these interactive learning resources for KS1 Science students aged 5-7 from BBC Bitesize.

Because of such nutrients and properties, seaweed is a wonderful food to include in one's regular diet. Like all foods, however, it's important to avoid overconsumption and to eat well-balanced meals.

But animals eat different things depending on what type of animal they are. Some animals eat plants: we call them herbivores. Some animals eat other animals: we call them carnivores.