Researchers warn this transition isn’t unique to the state. Expert sounds alarm as harmful species spread in US waterways: ...

Some animals matter so much to their ecosystems that losing them is like removing the keystone from an arch—the entire ...

Erica Fox’s husband and dozens of Kelp Krawlers swim club members and friends formed a solemn procession along the Lovers ...

It’s apparently the first fatal shark attack at Lovers Point in more than 70 years, but 3 years after a fellow swimmer was ...

Researchers examining a century of ocean maps made an exciting discovery linking sea otter populations to kelp forests: Where sea otters thrive, so do these critical underwater habitats. The research ...

These breeding grounds for fish are under siege from red turf algae, sea urchins, storm surges, warming waters and climate change.

Stay on top of what’s happening in the Bay Area with essential Bay Area news stories, sent to your inbox every weekday. The Bay Bay Area-raised host Ericka Cruz Guevarra brings you context and ...

What we’re seeing is that, globally, kelp is traded at commodity scales and in the Gulf of Maine, we’re currently operating ...

The mounds of kelp that recently washed onto local beaches point to a thriving offshore ecosystem created by restoration efforts over the past decade, experts say. Ten years ago, there was practically ...

describe characteristics of a kelp forest ecosystem. explain the interactions between habitats and species. give examples of producers, consumers and scavengers in a kelp forest. draw and label the ...

CAMBRIDGE — Kelp-based foods are making their way onto K-12 school lunch menus — to some surprising reviews. “It’s like heaven on earth,” Agustina Leon Perdomo, a 16-year-old junior at Cambridge ...

Every summer, students in the Marine Biodiversity and Conservation MAS Program at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego spend a week on Catalina Island, one of the Channel Islands off ...