Sea otters are often portrayed as lovable and relaxed animals that spend their time goofing around. Or, simply floating on their backs in the water with their special rock. While this image is ...

Sea urchins have no brains or hearts. But put them in the proximity of the unmistakable sunflower sea star, and somewhere in ...

Scientists could isolate kelp that survive mass die-off events, propagate them in the lab, and then plant them in the open ocean, creating kelp refuges. “We can’t go and remediate 350 kilometers of ...

In underwater experiments off Alaska, red sea urchins kept their distance from kelp blades placed near caged sunflower sea ...

The sudden absence of the sea stars has been bad news for kelp forests off the Lower 48 and has been noticeable all the way up to Alaska, where there has been a 60-80% decline in the last decade.

Sea urchin is a relatively niche market, with virtually all of it sold to U.S. sushi restaurants. Dave Rudie, who started urchin diving off San Diego in the early 1970s, said processed uni back ...

The sea stars eat purple sea urchins, a round, spiky invertebrate that eats kelp like a teenager eats french fries. “I don’t think the outbreak was triggered by global warming.

Bringing back sea otters may help save kelp forests off Northern California coast 03:19. ... "They eat a lot of sea urchins," said Southern Sea Otter Recovery Coordinator Lillian Carswell.

‘Like someone put a blanket over the ocean’: Kelp could be among fires’ casualties. A giant sea bass swims amid kelp at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach.

A massive sea creature was seen wrapped in a “kelp patty” off the coast of California and experts believe it was intentional. Bystanders got the “brilliant” treat of the sun peeking ...

Newly discovered kelp fossils peg their existence to 32 million years ago. These fossils may help explain how the Pacific Ocean's underwater 'forests' came to be.

Kelp forests once grew thick here, but have been grazed down by growing populations of sea urchins, in this image from 2020. According to a status report released by the Oregon Kelp Alliance in ...