"I enjoy that excitement and mystery." Experts stunned after spotting rare bird in new location: 'We never know what we're going to see or find' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Sac State students who might otherwise be working in coffee shops or offices this summer are getting paid to conduct important research on campus.

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 ...

Highly productive kelp forests are being touted as a natural climate solution, but do we know enough to count them as such?

Chemicals released by red algae may be preventing collapsed kelp forests along Maine's southern coast from recovering, a new study finds. "Once kelp forests are lost, it's really hard to get them ...

While free diving to photograph kelp forests along the California coastline, I’ve viscerally felt the consequences of finiteness as a living being—the fleeting nature of a single breath, the ...

Two key marine species in Puget Sound have become symbols of resilience, thanks to Kitsap-based recovery programs and a senior at Bainbridge High School. Efforts to restore bull kelp and pinto abalone ...

Cape Cod researchers develop kelp that can withstand climate change Seaweed is everywhere. We've all seen it on walking along the shores of New England. But it is more than just a nuisance to ...

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

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

The kelp forests of central California, and particularly those within Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, have undergone interesting and, in some cases, dramatic changes in the past decade. Sin… ...