If there is a central ingredient in Ann Holsberry’s art, it’s not paints or brushes, the silk tapestries or the innovative chemical systems she uses to craft her unique art. It’s nature.

On California’s North Coast, where other urchin nemeses — like otters, spiny lobsters and ... Kylie Lev, curator at the Steinhart Aquarium at San Francisco’s California Academy of Sciences ...

Marine heat waves that seemed extreme just a decade ago will become commonplace by the end of this century in waters favored ...

Animal care staff is training Opal to join the other otters on exhibit ... Why did four whales wash up in San Francisco Bay in a week and a half?

how did the otters respond, and what does that mean for the fate of kelp forests here on the Central Coast?" Working with a team of sea otter researchers at UCSC, the U.S. Geological Survey ...

Bringing back sunflower sea stars, which are functionally extinct in California, could help restore kelp forests off the ...