Kelp forests are underwater thickets of algae that keep the world’s oceans rich with biodiversity. And scientists just ...

Restoring underwater kelp forests by culling overgrazing sea urchins would deliver significant financial benefits, a new ...

Learn more about how one rescue diver–turned-conservationist is working to bring a thriving sea otter population back to the ...

A kelp forest restoration project conducted by Ålesund, Norway-based ocean technology and seafood firm Ava Ocean is using ...

The newest addition to Shedd Aquarium’s rescued sea otters officially has a name: Jade. The aquarium revealed the name Monday ...

Purple sea urchins, beware: There’s a purple urchin-eating predator on the horizon — and its name is the sunflower sea star.

To start a kelp-based grooming session, an orca places the bull kelp stipe on its face and nuzzles against another killer ...

Unlike other predators that might visit kelp forests occasionally, sea otters are resident specialists, maintaining constant pressure on urchin populations. Research in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands ...

Killer whales have been caught on video breaking off pieces of seaweed to rub and groom each other, scientists announced Monday, in what they said is the first evidence of ...

Seaweed and kelp are critical for life on Earth Forests and beds filter excess nutrients and sequester carbon through ...