Divers recently sought evidence of the Palisades fire's underwater toll, particularly its effect on a vital anchor of the coastal ecosystem: kelp.

A study last year strengthened the link between recovering sea otter populations and the long-term health of kelp forests – the towering brown algae that provide food and shelter for thousands of ...

by feeding on sea urchins they in turn maintained the health of kelp forests -- dense groups of brown algae that are rich in biodiversity and provide shelter to many species. Estes, University of ...

they in turn maintained the health of kelp forests—dense groups of brown algae that are rich in biodiversity and provide shelter to many species. Estes, University of British Columbia researcher ...

On the right side of the cover, it is daytime—and we can see two kinds of algae in the water around the boat. One type is microalgae, which can only be seen with a microscope. Macroalgae, on the other ...

If you are going swimming or fishing along the Norwegian coast this summer you may encounter forests of giant kelp. What you may not know is that these brown algae can be processed to form a ...

A sea otter floating above ribbons of kelp is undoubtedly one of nature’s cutest scenes. It’s well known that the marine ...

by feeding on sea urchins they in turn maintained the health of kelp forests — dense groups of brown algae that are rich in biodiversity and provide shelter to many species. Estes, University of ...

In the oceans, a new type of large brown algae, called kelp, latched onto rocks and corals in cool shallow waters, establishing a new habitat favored by sea otters and dugongs, a marine mammal ...