SAN JOSE, Calif. — The weathered UC Davis Marine Laboratory looms in thick fog on the edge of the ocean near Bodega Bay. Inside, an experiment is playing out that gives a badly needed boost to ...

A curious sea creature stalked a team of divers through a giant kelp forest in California, and even decided to nibble on one of their wetsuits. Stunning photos posted to Facebook show the dive team’s ...

The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum’s (SBMM) upcoming exhibit Redwoods of the Sea: Life in the Channel Islands Kelp Forests featuring images by naturalist and underwater photographer Ralph A. Clevenger ...

CASPAR BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A welding hammer strapped to her wrist, Joy Hollenback slipped on blue fins and swam into the churning, chilly Pacific surf one fall morning to do her part to save Northern ...

A welding hammer strapped to her wrist, Joy Hollenback slipped on blue fins and swam into the churning, chilly Pacific surf one fall morning to do her part to save Northern California's vanishing kelp ...

A garibaldi swims in the shallows of Casino Point Dive Park on Catalina Island. Small bubbles trail upward, tickling my nose as cold seawater seeps into my gloves. I try to focus on the black fins of ...

Parts of the warming Gulf of Maine have become inhospitable for kelp forests, according to new research from the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in East Boothbay. Between 2001 and 2018, a team ...

While kelp forests persist along northern Maine’s rocky coast, kelp abundance has declined by as much as 80% on the southern coast in recent decades. In its stead, carpet-like turf algae have moved in ...

Heidi Wilken looks out from her crew’s small motorboat to the rocky shore of Owen Beach, watching as they float beyond a nearby fallen tree. At first glance, the greenish waters that surround the boat ...