Divers recently sought evidence of the Palisades fire's underwater toll, particularly its effect on a vital anchor of the coastal ecosystem: kelp.

Scientists discovered a massive clone specimen of seaweed a known as bladderwrack along the coast of Sweden, stretching some 310 miles. Bladderwrack can propagate both sexually and asexually, and ...

As Stern held up the shiny seaweed for a photo op, Smet explained the basic anatomy of Macrocystis pyrifera, the species ...

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

This is the plan to keep it that way. Jellyfish float among the fronds of a kelp forest off Isla de los Estados, Argentina. Giant kelps (Macrocystis pyrifera) are the largest algae in the ocean ...

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.