Using only fins, divers wild-harvest abalone off eastern Australia’s coast. The marine snail, known for its beautiful ...

These efforts will not only focus on Tasmania but also extend to mainland Australia, aiming to accurately map out the surviving kelp forests. Secondly, the initiative will identify strains of ...

U.S. Rep. Jared Huffman and U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley seek to allocate federal funds to address declining kelp forests, crucial ...

The massive network of rocky reefs that lines much of southern Australia’s coastline is a shadowy cold-water underworld dominated by brown seaweeds known as kelp. The Great Southern Reef might not be ...

The final South-east Marine Park Network Management Plan, which federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek tabled in ...

Like most aquatic vegetation, kelp is being negatively impacted by climate change. Warming ocean temperatures have led to ...

Ade Adepitan travels to Tasmania to find out about the work being done to protect the carbon-capturing underwater kelp forests ... island off the south coast of Australia and I’m here to ...

sea otters consume voracious kelp-eating sea urchins at a high enough rate that kelp forests continue to persist and provide habitat for numerous species. Without sea otters, sea urchins devour ...

Among the asserted losses are a significant loss of giant kelp forest north of Point La Jolla and low numbers of yellowtail and white seabass. And, of course, there are the restrictions on human ...

Puget Sound has lost about two-thirds of its bull kelp forests, according to PDZA. Now, a bill before Washington state legislators could help preserve the underwater forests. House Bill 1631 ...