The long golden-brown strands of bull kelp that wash up along Washington’s shores might seem like just beach debris, but... Read Story ...

Forests of kelp, a fast-growing brown algae ... disrupts kelp’s access to two things it needs to survive: rocks and sunlight. A glut of dirt and pollutants can interfere with kelp spores ...

A marine rewilding initiative to restore an underwater kelp forest in West Sussex is celebrating "remarkable" results, a wildlife trust has said. The project was launched after the implementation ...

Forests of kelp, a fast-growing brown algae ... disrupts kelp’s access to two things it needs to survive: rocks and sunlight. A glut of dirt and pollutants can interfere with kelp spores ...

Forests of kelp, a fast-growing brown algae ... disrupts kelp's access to two things it needs to survive: rocks and sunlight. A glut of dirt and pollutants can interfere with kelp spores' ability ...

When sea otters were reintroduced along the coastlines of islands in Southern California and British Columbia, researchers saw kelp forests return to areas that were destroyed by sea urchins.

Adorably fuzzy sea otters aren’t just cute. The marine mammals serve a crucial role, helping to restore the giant kelp forests they rely on by removing their top predators, the sea urchins.

The paper, by D. Krause-Jensen at Aarhus University in Århus, Denmark, and colleagues was titled, "Long photoperiods sustain high pH in Arctic kelp forests." ...

A sea otter floating above ribbons of kelp is undoubtedly one of nature’s cutest scenes. It’s well known that the marine mammals help make these sea surface ‘pillows’ more abundant, by ...

Sage Ono (USA) explores the abundant life around the giant kelp forests in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. This location used to be known for giant kelp so thick it blocked out the sun.