The weathered UC Davis Marine Laboratory looms in thick fog on the edge of the ocean near Bodega Bay. Inside, an experiment ...

Researchers examining a century of ocean maps made an exciting discovery linking sea otter populations to kelp forests: Where sea otters thrive, so do these critical underwater habitats.

Below the ocean surface, there’s another type of forest is in danger: the kelp forests off the coast of northern California. Warming sea water has ... for this task: Otter Force One, an ...

Temperatures have become too warm in the southern parts of the Gulf of Maine for kelp forests, a foundation for marine life.

Bixby (a.k.a. Otter 1346) is one of the otter mums out in the kelp forests of Monterey. She's only been known to the Monterey Bay Aquarium Sea Otter Research and Conservation team (SORAC ...

“Think of it as the old-growth forest under the ocean ... On the California coast, the decline of sea otters have meant that urchins can overwhelm giant kelp beds, but that isn’t as ...

Using mathematical models, researchers have been able to identify how an extinct mammal - the Stellar’s Sea Cow - likely impacted kelp forests prior to overhunting by European colonizers.

Below the ocean surface, there’s another type of forest is in danger: the kelp forests off the coast of northern California. Warming sea water has ... for this task: Otter Force One, an ...

Sea urchins, a favorite food of the otters, flourished, which in turn destroyed the kelp forests that many other animals depended on for survival. Without the kelp forests to live and hunt in ...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ocean Wise and the Kelp Forest Alliance are excited to release a first-of-its-kind guidebook to standardize the monitoring of kelp forest ...

South of the San Francisco Bay, however, healthier kelp forests still coat the coasts and give life to California's iconic sea otters. At Fort Ross Cove, the scientists unraveled these inoculated ...