When kelp forests disappear ... By snacking on sea urchins, they keep urchin populations in check. Which is good, because sea otters are pretty hungry for fluffy, four-foot long carnivores.

“Then when they are done, they push the urchin skeleton ... like sea stars and sea otters, the urchins took over and “kind of clear cut the beautiful, healthy kelp forest” that helped ...

Using only fins, divers wild-harvest abalone off eastern Australia’s coast. The marine snail, known for its beautiful ...

To save kelp forests, scientists try breeding sea stars To save kelp forests, scientists try breeding sea stars Massive marine die-off in Russia could threaten endangered sea otters, other ...

Bull kelp provides food and shelter for salmon, Southern Resident orcas, sunflower stars, pinto abalone, rockfish, harbor ...

more than 95% of Northern California’s bull kelp forests have been destroyed — a result of numerous ongoing challenges, including rising ocean temperatures and an explosion in the sea urchin ...

HABITAT: Sea otters inhabit coastal waters, usually less than half a mile from shore. Their typical haunts include precipitous rocky shores, barrier reefs, tidewater stones, and dense kelp forests.

Inside, an experiment is playing out that gives a badly-needed boost to Northern California’s kelp forests — underwater cathedrals of green and gold that nearly vanished from the north coast a ...