SANTA CRUZ — To underscore the urgency of responding to the steep decline in kelp forests, filmmaker Natasha Benjamin posits an alarming hypothetical: what if 95% of California’s redwoods were to ...

Adorably fuzzy sea otters aren’t just cute. The marine mammals serve a crucial role, helping to restore the giant kelp forests they rely on by removing their top predators, the sea urchins. When ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The weathered UC Davis Marine Laboratory looms in thick fog on the edge of the ocean near Bodega Bay. Inside, an experiment is playing out that gives a badly needed boost to ...

To halt the decline of a vital ocean ecosystem, volunteer divers armed with hammers worked tirelessly for countless hours. The Guardian reported that the kelp forest off the coast of Rancho Palos ...

For decades researchers in northern Norway had tried to bring back vital kelp forests after overfishing damaged marine ...

Parts of the warming Gulf of Maine have become inhospitable for kelp forests, according to new research from the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in East Boothbay. Between 2001 and 2018, a team ...

A new report spells out exactly how much Oregon’s kelp forests have dwindled over the past decade or so — and the picture is bleak. According to a status report released by the Oregon Kelp Alliance in ...

A recent Guest Commentary asserts that the increasing numbers of sea lions and harbor seals (pinnipeds) around La Jolla have upset the delicate balance of the once-thriving La Jolla kelp bed ecosystem ...

A decimated giant kelp forest in Southern California is making a comeback after volunteers removed almost two million sea urchins that devour the plants. The Bay Foundation reports that the first year ...

A new outdoor exhibition launched in Tromsø, Norway, alongside the Sørsjetéen jetty aims to bring public awareness toward ...