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.

Bringing back sunflower sea stars, which are functionally extinct in California, could help restore kelp forests off the ...

Giant kelp is probably what you picture when someone ... what drives a lot of the interest across the whole range of different agricultural sectors,” Wickings said. The $500,000 research grant ...

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 ...

This is the plan to keep it that way. 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 ...

Tasmania’s forests of giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera ... Amur leopards to additional habitats in their former range, which stretched as far as the Korean Peninsula. Caught in the crossfire.

Miller Limnology and Oceanography, Vol. 60, No. 6 (2015), pp. 1996-2008 (13 pages) We investigated the patterns and controls of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) production by the giant kelp (Macrocystis ...

These waters are home to one of the plant world’s most incredible species: giant kelp. As it grows, like all plants, it sucks up carbon dioxide and stores it away. But giant kelp is one of the ...

The mission marks another step forward in a sprawling, multi-institution effort dedicated to recovering the species that scientists didn’t realize were key for maintaining healthy kelp forests ...