Research has found that the median recovery rate of kelp beds near Malibu was a mere 7% in the two years after the Woolsey fire. The boat bobbed gently off Malibu’s Big Rock Beach as a trio of ...

Marine biologists are taking action to preserve sea life after floating debris from the wildfires has blocked underwater plants from receiving sunlight, killing them.

Pacific Kelp Co. is working with two university researchers to study the benefits of their kelp extract as fertilizer. If it ...

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.

When sea otters were reintroduced along the coastlines of islands in Southern California and British Columbia, researchers saw kelp forests return to areas that were destroyed by sea urchins.

The boat bobbed gently off Malibu’s Big Rock Beach as a trio of scientific divers ... effect on a vital anchor of the coastal ecosystem: kelp. The divers were with Kelp Ark, a San Pedro-based ...

New modeling method helped researchers understand why kelp forests returned more slowly in Southern California than in British Columbia. When sea otters were reintroduced along the coastlines of ...

The boat bobbed gently off Malibu's Big Rock Beach as a trio of scientific divers ... effect on a vital anchor of the coastal ecosystem: kelp. The divers were with Kelp Ark, a San Pedro-based ...