While they have no backbone, sunflower sea stars ( Pycnopodia helianthoides) mean business–especailly when faced with spiny ...

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

Beneath the surface, these swaying kelp forests create habitats for sea stars, rockfish, abalone, and more. Globally, kelp forest collapse is becoming more common due to climate change, pollution ...

Kelp forests are some of the most productive ecosystems on Earth. Giant kelp, a kind of algae, can grow up to 18 inches per day, and the trees reach more than ten stories tall at full growth.

Sea urchins have no brains or hearts. But put them in the proximity of the unmistakable sunflower sea star, and somewhere in ...

Sunflower sea stars scare off red sea urchins, offering a simple, natural way to protect and restore kelp forests.

Kelp forests once grew thick here, but have been grazed down by growing populations of sea urchins, in this image from 2020. According to a status report released by the Oregon Kelp Alliance in ...

The kelp forests that hug the Pacific coastline are an underwater jungle. They're a thicket of colossal algae intermixed with a pageant of life that includes snails, urchins, sea lions, sea otters ...

Bull kelp circulates in an outdoor tank at The UC Davis Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute's Bodega Marine Laboratory on Wednesday, Oct 9, 2024 in Bodega Bay, Calif. Kelp forests vanished off ...

Salomé Buglass discovered an unexpected kelp forest while studying underwater mountains in the Galapagos. Kelp—a type of seaweed—usually grows in shallower, cooler areas. So why was an entire ...

Kelp forests are economically, ecologically, and culturally important habitats and are essential to restore and protect,” said Deb Self, Greater Farallones Association Executive Director.

Kelp forests are some of the most productive ecosystems on Earth. Giant kelp, a kind of algae, can grow up to 18 inches per day, and the trees reach more than ten stories tall at full growth.