Kelp may be one of the first species to show how coastal ecosystems will respond to the L.A. fires. These forests of fast-growing brown algae provide food and habitat for hundreds of marine ...

Adorably fuzzy sea otters aren’t just cute. The marine mammals serve a crucial role, helping to restore the giant kelp ...

The 16-year-old Rotorua Girls’ High School student is back from an expedition voyage to the subantarctic islands where she ...

New modeling method helped researchers understand why kelp forests returned more slowly in Southern California than in British Columbia. When sea otters were reintroduced along the coastlines of ...

There are still hurdles to overcome, but growing the seaweed industry in a state known for lobster could be a win for local ...

Half a million barrels of toxic waste lurking beneath the waves just miles from California’s coastline sounds like the plot ...

In our warming oceans, marine species are moving into new areas and "re-engineering" or often destroying those ecosystems, ...

Pismo clams, once abundant along the California coast, are being grown and studied in a middle school classroom.

A sea otter floating above ribbons of kelp is undoubtedly one of nature’s cutest scenes. It’s well known that the marine mammals help make these sea surface ‘pillows’ more abundant, by eating the sea ...