As the Seattle skyline sets the backdrop for where we live, just below, under the shoreline waters of Puget Sound, there are ...

A six-year effort to plant giant kelp forests off the Orange County coast was headed for demise within weeks, its federal funding about to run out. Instead, it will receive $175,000 through the end of ...

Explore the amazing kelp forest off La Jolla's coast without leaving your home or office. Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, announces a new, live high-definition web ...

Bull kelp — while unassuming — is an essential fixture in the marine ecosystem up and down the West Coast. The expansive underwater forests provide protection for vulnerable sea creatures, including ...

New research led by Monterey Bay Aquarium and the University of California, Santa Cruz, reveals that denser, and more sheltered, kelp forests can withstand serious stressors amid warming ocean ...

Monterey Bay Aquarium researchers strengthen the link between sea otters and long-term health of California kelp forests in a new study released today. The paper, published in the journal PLOS Climate ...

Over the past 134 years, the giant kelp forests off the coast of Southern California have been studied by marine scientists at labs like the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego in La ...

SAN DIEGO — A California aquarium‘s Halloween spirit runs deep – 12 feet under, to be exact. The Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography added a fake skeleton from Home Depot to its ...