Along the Monterey Peninsula, “urchin barrens” with no kelp (foreground) are interspersed with remnant patches of kelp forest (background). (Photo by Michael Langhans) In 2019, researchers found a ...

Scuba divers along the California coast have been watching the kelp forests steadily disappear for years, and everyone is pointing fingers at the purple sea urchins’ voracious appetite for the ...

There are signs of trouble along America's coastline, where once-lush forests near beaches are dying by the acre. Rising sea levels are to blame. Scientists along the nation's coastline are now ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Imagine a forest the size of Raleigh and Durham. Now imagine a forest that size dying every single year. It’s an unfortunate reality that’s happening right now across ...

Sea glass collecting has grown in popularity in the last 10 years, with hundreds of thousands of people joining public sea glass groups, Valle says. Valle runs a private group of 500 collectors.

Bringing back sea otters may help save kelp forests off Northern California coast 03:19. SAUSALITO – The health of the ocean off the Northern California coast is in trouble, as biologists have ...