Kelp may be one of the first species to show how coastal ecosystems will respond to the L.A. fires. These forests of fast-growing brown algae provide food and habitat for hundreds of marine ...

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

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

TACOMA, Wash. — A baby sea lion toting an artificial kelp strip was filmed performing intricate rhythmic gymnastics-esque ...

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

No one yet knows how sea life will respond to an urban fire of this magnitude. Kelp may be one of the first species to tell us. “They’re a big sentinel species that are indicators of how our ...

A giant sea bass swims amid kelp at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach. Kelp is highly sensitive to environmental changes. Fluctuations in temperature, light availability, nutrients and ...

No one yet knows how sea life will respond to an urban fire of this magnitude. Kelp may be one of the first species to tell us. "They're a big sentinel species that are indicators of how our ...