A photographer shares the epiphanies she has had while chronicling underwater jungles off the California coast ...

Nicknamed the "king of the kelp forest," giant sea bass are among scuba divers' favorite characters to spot off the ...

Sea otters are critical players in marine ecosystems and are a keystone species, meaning they have a profound effect on their ...

But huge swaths of kelp forest along the California coast have died off in recent years amid severe marine heat waves and booming populations of sea urchins, which eat kelp. A pair of studies by ...

Interested in animals that eat kelp and seaweed? Read on to learn about 14 amazing marine animals that chow down on this ...

A devastating sea star plague triggered an unexpected ecological shift, creating a mussel boom that sea otters turned into a ...

In 2013, a sea star wasting syndrome decimated populations of Pisaster along the west coast of North America and along the Monterey Peninsula in California, where this study was conducted. The orange ...

The kelp forest is my favorite ecosystem on Earth. I first began diving into these nearshore waters off the California coast three years ago. Shortly after, I began taking my camera down with me ...