Draft legislation would designate bull kelp in the Puget Sound as Washington’s official marine state forest.

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 ...

North Coast U.S. Rep. Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) and U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon) reintroduced a bill that aims to allocate federal funds to address declining kelp forests, crucial for marine ...

Underwater kelp forests support an incredible range of plant and animal life, making them one of the most bio-diverse ...

Puget Sound was a global kelp capital for millennia. If we work together, we can enlist the next generation of ...

Using only fins, divers wild-harvest abalone off eastern Australia’s coast. The marine snail, known for its beautiful ...

Google Maps will display the name “Gulf of America” instead of the “Gulf of Mexico” for U.S. users once official government sources are updated to reflect the name change ordered by ...

Recently, there is an increasing fascination in kelp supplements largely because of the multitude of health advantages they provide. Kelp, a variety of seaweed, is packed with critical nutrients ...

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 ...

Forestry companies say they have noticed an increase in rubbish dumping in publicly accessible forests. The dumping creates a significant fire risk and costs the companies thousands to collect the ...