A kelp forest in Seal Rocks, New South Wales, Australia. Image courtesy of Aaron Eger. To determine how much kelp was protected, the scientists took an existing kelp forest biome distribution map ...

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

The most bountiful kelp forests are found off the tip of southern ... In warmer waters another green sea takes hold. Off Western Australia, vast prairies of seagrass extend to the horizon.

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 ...

Adorably fuzzy sea otters aren’t just cute. The marine mammals serve a crucial role, helping to restore the giant kelp forests they rely on by removing their top predators, the sea urchins.

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 ...

The Center for Biological Diversity petitioned NOAA Fisheries today to grant Endangered Species Act protection to bull kelp, which faces grave threats from climate change and coastal development. The ...

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.