Meanwhile, on a rocky ledge 50 feet below, scientists from the ship watch pollacks, cod, and cunners feed among long ribbons of golden kelp. Matthew W. Chwastyk, NGM Staff Cashes Ledge is the ...

Giant kelp is probably what you picture when someone says “kelp,” those flowing golden-brown towers that fish dart through ...

The long golden-brown strands of bull kelp that wash up along Washington’s shores might seem like just beach debris, but they ...

and kelp interacted in both areas. Ultimately, there was more species competition off the Golden State, slowing sea otters’ positive impact on the ecosystem. They didn’t have as strong of an ...

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.

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 ...