Damaged kelp forests lead to reductions in zooplankton, and with fewer zooplankton to feed on, gray whales spend less time foraging there, researchers with Oregon State University's Marine Mammal ...

In the first study of its kind, marine scientists have discovered an important role that sea urchins play in the kelp forest ecosystem: that of nutrient facilitator, courtesy of their messy eating ...

Despite their low numbers, sea otters consume voracious kelp-eating sea urchins at a high enough rate that kelp forests continue to persist and provide habitat for numerous species. Without sea ...

Sea otters have been missing from the Oregon coast for more than a century, and local non-profit Elakha Alliance is trying to ...

Just a few administrative details need to be worked out before kelp-killing purple sea urchins start getting hammered off the ...

Local tribes and nonprofits have received a grant to lead the planning effort to bring back the furry mammals, which have ...

Want to help California’s kelp forests? Eat sea urchins. Want to help California’s kelp forests? Eat sea urchins. To save kelp forests, scientists try breeding sea stars To save kelp forests ...

But the divers’ craft is changing as the coast’s kelp forest — an abalone home — has succumbed to urchins. Droves of the spiky creatures munch down the forest, leaving so-called urchin ...

The marine scientist from environmental nonprofit The Nature Conservancy explains that a dramatic rise in sea urchin numbers has decimated the golden kelp forests that should be growing here.

Credit: Jeff Maassen photo A new project is underway to restore kelp forests in the Santa Barbara Channel by removing sea urchins and selling them to restaurants or turning them into agricultural ...

Sage Ono (USA) explores the abundant life around the giant kelp forests in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. This location used to be known for giant kelp so thick it blocked out the sun.

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