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

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

Adorably fuzzy sea otters aren’t just cute. The marine mammals serve a crucial role, helping to restore the giant kelp ...

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

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

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

A new study sheds light on the power of keystone species, which could help ecologists in other environments. View on euronews ...

Scientists discovered a massive clone specimen of seaweed a known as bladderwrack along the coast of Sweden, stretching some ...

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

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 ...

They used decades of observations to create a time series of interactions, looking at how they interact and the number of local species. They determined that while kelp forests had grown back in ...

New CU Boulder research found sea otters, an important keystone species, play a vital role in kelp forest recovery, but their level of influence depends on what other species they interact with in ...