Ask any scuba diver what it’s like to experience a kelp forest underwater, and they’re likely to wax poetic about the magic ...

By Jennifer Cole Emily Fulton spends a lot of time in a small boat cruising the waters of Clayoquot Sound off the west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. As the marine program ...

Historical analysis shows that the marine mammals likely kept some of California’s kelp forests growing over the past 100 years. By Laura Baisas Published Jan 23, 2024 12:00 PM EST Add Popular Science ...

Kelp forests shelter hundreds of marine species and rival rainforests in ecological importance, yet they can collapse within a single year. The creature responsible for their survival is smaller than ...

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. But how ...

Restoring underwater kelp forests by culling overgrazing sea urchins would deliver significant financial benefits, a new study has found. Kelp provides shelter and food for countless species while ...

It’s not hard to find a long-spined sea urchin (Centrostephanus rodgersii) on rocky walls and in underwater forests comprised of golden kelp (Ecklonia radiata) and crayweed (Phyllospora comosa) in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image credits: Unsplash Dive beneath the surface along almost any stretch of California's coast and you enter a different world ...

California scientists are growing young bull kelp in laboratory tanks before placing it back into coastal waters where underwater forests have largely disappeared. At Bodega Marine Laboratory, ...

Sea otters aren't just cute, they're guardians of an entire underwater forest. In this episode of the Wild Critters USA series on the family podcast ...

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. But how ...