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

Journey into the depths of California's kelp forests, the towering underwater ecosystems facing the challenges of climate ...

Kelp forests are a very dynamic ecosystem, so any valid study of adverse effects would need to include multiple possible suspects ...

Bull kelp provides food and shelter for salmon, Southern Resident orcas, sunflower stars, pinto abalone, rockfish, harbor ...

This isn’t your typical land forest! On Anacapa Island, a small volcanic island off the coast of California, US, is the Channel Islands National Park, host to a number of underwater kelp forests.

Urban fires pose particular threats to marine ecosystems. Debris and toxins released from the fires can damage kelp forests and lead to destructive algal blooms that snuff out ocean life. Now that Los ...

Built with Silicon Valley money, the facility is one of the world’s leading aquariums, with millions of visitors and a ...

The Aquarium’s Marine Species Report Card aims to inform the public about the health of crucial marine species in California.

Want to help California’s kelp forests? Eat sea urchins. Want to help California’s kelp forests? Eat sea urchins. To save kelp forests, scientists try breeding sea stars To save kelp forests ...

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 ...