Nestled in forests around the world, a gentle army of giant wooden trolls want to show humans how to live better without ...

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

Climate change is altering ecosystems around the world. Those changes also come with a financial cost. In this excerpt from our partner Deutshe Welle, or DW’s, Living Planet series, The World’s Host ...

As the plants grow, they pull carbon out of the air through the process of photosynthesis. Because their decomposition has ...

For nearly half a century, Brown University marine biologist Jon Witman has been diving Cashes Ledge, an underwater mountain ...

A research trip to a biodiversity hotspot in the Gulf of Maine underscores the importance of continued monitoring of marine ecosystems.

"This just reinforces that as birders we never know what we're going to see or find," said cyclist and bird enthusiast Tom Schultz, per the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. He spotted the kelp gull in the ...

Custer Gallatin National Forest is urging the prevention of human-caused fires.Tips for preventing fires include leaving fireworks at home, drowning your campfi ...

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

“People often focus on the dramatic bleaching of coral reefs, but with kelp forests, the decline is quieter, until it’s too late. These underwater forests are supporting a whole ecosystem.

The efforts of Operation Crayweed are part of wider global efforts to recover lost kelp habitat. The Kelp Forest Challenge aims to restore four million hectares of kelp globally by 2040.