Warming oceans are wiping out kelp forests. New research shows turf algae release chemicals that stop kelp from growing back.

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation has awarded a three-year, $1.56 million grant to the Confederated Tribes of Siletz ...

The cost of climate change on Nova Scotia’s kelp forests has broken Dr. Karen Filbee-Dexter’s heart. But nature’s resilience ...

World Otter Day highlights how these playful animals serve as crucial indicators of healthy aquatic ecosystems.

The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation is proud to announce the winners of the 2025 Science Without Borders® Challenge, an international student art contest that promotes ocean conservation.

Kelp forests don’t just play a fundamental role in curbing climate change. Sea otters and some 800 other ... and other marine animals along the Los Angeles Coast that either preyed on purple ...

When sea otters were reintroduced along the coastlines of islands in Southern California and British Columbia, researchers saw kelp forests return ... planet's most iconic animals to survive ...

Kelp Forest. Image by Serpae via Pixabay. Along the Pacific coastline, from Alaska to California, an underwater environmental success story is unfolding beneath the waves. Sea otters, those ...

Sea otters, those charismatic marine mammals known for floating on their backs and using rocks as tools, are doing far more than delighting wildlife enthusiasts—they’re helping to restore vital kelp ...

On California’s North Coast, where other urchin nemeses — like otters ... times more than terrestrial forests. It’s also a home for marine animals; without kelp, many disappeared ...

There’s a creature lurking in the sea. It’s slick, fast, and if you get too close, it might chomp your face off. No, not sharks or giant squid — sea otters. “Sea otters,” you might say.

But while kelp grew back off both coasts, forests in British Columbia regenerated ... which slowed down the influence sea otters had on the entire system. The animals didn’t have as strong an effect ...