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

They are a vital part of the kelp forest ecosystem, which provides food and shelter for diverse ocean species and is also a source of economic stability and recreation for fisherman and divers ...

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.

Across the Southern Hemisphere, patches of seaweed are getting sick. Scientists have found strange yellow growths called galls on kelp in Latin America, southern Africa, and Australasia. The disease ...

Daniel C. Reed, Craig A. Carlson, Elisa R. Halewood, J. Clinton Nelson, Shannon L. Harrer, Andrew Rassweiler, Robert J. Miller Limnology and Oceanography, Vol. 60, No ...

Variations of hyperbolic space can be found in nature (the wavy edges of sea kelp ... Crochet Coral Reef" exhibit is now on view in Natural History's Sant Ocean Hall. Eric Long, SI ...

open image in gallery Sea otters rely on kelp in the ocean to provide shelter and sustenance. The marine mammals also help to restore kelp forests, controlling populations of sea urchins that ...

"Once you've truly seen the sea, you'll never look at earth the same way again." Silverback Pictures has revealed the trailer ...