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

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

Sea otters help recover the kelp forests they depend on. Now scientists know how - While threatened by climate change, otters ...

The long golden-brown strands of bull kelp that wash up along Washington’s shores might seem like just beach debris, but...

Arctic kelp absorbs metals from melting glaciers, increasing mercury levels by 72%. This could harm marine life and fisheries ...

Sea otters help kelp forests recover by controlling sea urchins, but their impact varies. In British Columbia, recovery was ...

A 9-month-old sea lion at a Tacoma aquarium performs intricate rhythmic gymnastics-esque circles with an artificial kelp ...

When sea otters were reintroduced along the coastlines of islands in Southern California and British Columbia, researchers ...

The Alaska Department of Natural Resources has opened a public comment period on a proposal to create a 31-acre kelp farm in ...

Joseph has lived on King Island for almost his whole life, and he knows some of the best spots to find bull kelp. As the number of reports about kelp disappearing grows, kelpers on one Australian ...

A giant sea bass swims amid kelp at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach. Kelp is highly sensitive to environmental changes. Fluctuations in temperature, light availability, nutrients and ...