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

The rich resources of Pacific kelp forests helped humans populate the Americas. Now depleted by as much as 95 percent, they ...

Jellyfish float among the fronds of a kelp forest off Isla de los Estados, Argentina. Giant kelps (Macrocystis pyrifera) are the largest algae in the ocean, growing upward to more than 150 feet.

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 ...

helping to restore the giant kelp forests they rely on by removing their top predators, the sea urchins. Kelp forests tower ...

Tell your students that each of them is a scientist who has discovered a new species of animal found in giant kelp forests around the world. First, have the students do a “free write ...

Daniel C. Reed, Craig A. Carlson, Elisa R. Halewood, J. Clinton Nelson, Shannon L. Harrer, Andrew Rassweiler, Robert J. Miller Limnology and Oceanography, Vol. 60, No ...

The marine mammals serve a crucial role, helping to restore the giant kelp ... also help to restore kelp forests, controlling populations of sea urchins that devour the algae.