When there aren’t enough otters, sea urchins multiply and eat too much kelp. This destroys kelp forests, turning them into empty underwater areas with little life. But when otters are present, they ...

While the exact cause of the disease is unknown, scientists say it's had major ripple effects, as sunflower sea stars eat sea ... "Sea urchin populations have boomed on our coast, causing a decline in ...

While the exact cause of the disease is unknown, scientists say it's had major ripple effects, as sunflower sea stars eat ... some kelp forests along B.C.'s coast have been reduced to "urchin ...

New research has uncovered a crucial clue to understanding the spread of "barrens" in the Great Southern Reef, which are ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. A railway company is helping to restore a vital kelp forest off the Sussex coast. Southern, which operates trains running parallel to the ...

The UK's first national conference on kelp ecology is being held in Brighton. Kelp forests once covered vast areas of the Sussex seabed between Selsey and Shoreham, but 96% of them had been ...

Picture the sun peering through fluffy white clouds, pouring its golden rays onto the canopy of lush tropical forest ... killing sea turtles with a crushing bite to the head or neck, dragging the ...

For years, thorny underwater critters have been chewing their way through kelp and other plant material, leaving behind nothing but bare rock.