A group of diatom species belonging to the Nitzschia genus gave up on photosynthesis and now get their carbon straight from ...

A marine rewilding initiative to restore an underwater kelp forest in West Sussex is celebrating "remarkable" results, a wildlife trust has said. The project was launched after the implementation ...

After coral reefs, kelp forests are among the most productive marine ecosystems on Earth. They provide both food and shelter to ... all the way through to sea otters, sea lions, sharks and cetaceans.

Additionally, seafood production could drop by up to 7 percent as aquatic ecosystems lose the algae that forms the base of their food webs ... grasslands and kelp beds than researchers had ...