Just by eating sea urchins and destructive shellfish, sea otters are keeping kelp forests healthy and coastal erosion at bay.

SANTA CRUZ — To underscore the urgency of responding to the steep decline in kelp forests, filmmaker Natasha Benjamin posits an alarming hypothetical: what if 95% of California’s redwoods were to ...

Located at the Fort Ross State Historic Park within The Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary, the Fort Ross ...

Ocean Wise, in collaboration with Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation), is helping restore sugar kelp in Átl’ḵa7tsem/Howe Sound. The Strait of Georgia, and Howe Sound, which branches off from it, ...

Annual monitoring since 2017 has shown growing variety, numbers and size of fish - with a seven-fold increase in snapper leading the resurgence.

The Economic Hardship Reporting Project and Inside Climate News report that Maine's shellfish harvesters face increasing closures due to climate change and pollution, threatening their livelihoods.

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Meet Ferreiraella populi, a weird mollusk discovered in Japan. Keep reading to find out how Rihanna is involved.

Sea otters are surprisingly good at using tools. If they come across a particularly tough clam shell and they are desperate to reach the meat inside, they have a plan. They deploy their trusty rock to ...

The next talk in the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum’s (SBMM) Maritime Distinguished Speaker Series is titled Shooting for the Stars: Sunflower Star Laboratory’s Community-Based Approach to Pycnopodia ...