A photographer shares the epiphanies she has had while chronicling underwater jungles off the California coast ...

Interested in animals that eat kelp and seaweed? Read on to learn about 14 amazing marine animals that chow down on this ...

Let's explore five mesmerizing kelp forest dives promising an unforgettable adventure beneath the waves. Situated off the ...

These ecosystems also attract larger predators such as seals and sea lions ... Kelp forests are found on every continent except Antarctica, stretching from the chilly coasts of California and ...

And yet scientists are studying kelp not just as a casualty of climate change but as a survivor. “Diving into the kelp forest ...

While free diving to photograph kelp forests along the California coastline, I’ve viscerally felt the consequences of ...

the kelp forests off the coast of northern California. Warming sea water has triggered an explosion in the population of purple sea urchins (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus) which devour kelp at an ...

The carnivorous sea ... On California’s North Coast, where other urchin nemeses — like otters, spiny lobsters and sheephead — are lacking, 96% of the region’s kelp forests vanished in ...

Los Angeles (CNN) — Along some 70 miles of Southern California coastline ... “It is getting to the point where elephant seal pups and sea lion pups are stranding now in high numbers ...

As she has aged, the pinniped’s rhythmic abilities have only improved. Ronan, a California sea lion of the Long Marine Laboratory at the University of California ...