The animals didn’t have as strong an effect ... This breakthrough is especially important in the water world of kelp forests, ...

Tell your students that each of them is a scientist who has discovered a new species of animal found in giant kelp forests around the world. First, have the students do a “free write ...

The rich resources of Pacific kelp forests helped humans populate the Americas. Now depleted by as much as 95 percent, they ...

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 ...

And because this is one of the lowest tides this August, the water has drawn back like a curtain to expose an ecosystem ...

Divers recently sought evidence of the Palisades fire's underwater toll, particularly its effect on a vital anchor of the coastal ecosystem: kelp.

The documentary Sequoias of the Sea explore the challenges facing kelp ecosystems in California. It will screen at the Ocean ...

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.

This kelp grows into forests at depths of nearly 100ft (30m). Its blades provide refuge for over 1,000 types of marine plants and animals that can be found within the Channel Islands kelp forests.

When sea otters were reintroduced along the coastlines of islands in Southern California and British Columbia, researchers saw kelp forests return to areas that were destroyed by sea urchins.