Already, the new kelp is helping the ecosystem show glimpses of its former self. During a recent dive, a plump sunflower sea ...

Oregon has lost two-thirds of its kelp forests since 2010. Efforts to remove hundreds of thousands of purple urchins might ...

THINKING ABOUT CATALINA ISLAND... can summon many animals, plants, and natural wonders to mind — the flying fish might be the ...

This secluded cove near the town of Avalon on Catalina Island is an underwater oasis for snorkelers and glass-bottom boat ...

Their die-off is linked to the disappearance of underwater kelp forests along the Oregon coast. “The sunflower star was ...

Discover the National Marine Sanctuary System — 18 underwater parks protecting coral reefs, shipwrecks, whales, and America’s ...

Plant a seed and, if the conditions are right, the seed grows. The process seems simple enough at first glance and is something many of us may feel like we learned in elementary school.

A climate reporter wanted to follow scientists into the Mediterranean Sea. First, he had to learn to scuba dive.

Over the summer, Deb Fleischman transformed her Montpelier driveway with an interactive art installation that one could cheekily describe as “new wave.” To create the illusion of an underwater kelp ...

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If the route between the two major North American ice sheets didn’t fully open until about 13,000 years ago, how did early Homo sapiens travel from Alaska down into the Americas and even to ...

A hidden environmental crisis lurks beneath the crystal clear waters of Australia's east coast as long-spined sea urchins wreak havoc on the coast. Now scientists are trialling a new solution.