Marine biologists are taking action to preserve sea life after floating debris from the wildfires has blocked underwater plants from receiving sunlight, killing them.

Tucked in a small habitat in Shedd Aquarium’s Polar Play Zone, a group of tiny orange-brown sea stars tell a much bigger ...

Half a million barrels of toxic waste lurking beneath the waves just miles from California’s coastline sounds like the plot ...

A new study by researchers at Portland State University and the University of Washington has discovered that exposure to ...

Pismo clams, once abundant along the California coast, are being grown and studied in a middle school classroom.

A group of microscopic sunflower sea star larva arrived at Shedd Aquarium last year and have been bulking up behind the ...

Jane Goodall is returning to the Monterey Peninsula to speak at Sunset Center on April 7, during a sold-out lecture on behalf ...

There are still hurdles to overcome, but growing the seaweed industry in a state known for lobster could be a win for local ...

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

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

Sea otters help recover the kelp forests they depend on. Now scientists know how - While threatened by climate change, otters ...

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