Body found on Santa Cruz beach; Monterey Bay swim community mourns

A body recovered Dec. 27 after a swimmer vanished off Lovers Point has left Monterey Bay’s tight-knit swim community grieving ...

Body found after suspected Pacific Grove shark attack confirmed as Erica Fox

A body that washed up on the north side of the Monterey Bay was confirmed to be Erica Fox, a strong ocean swimmer who went ...

Body recovered near Wilder Ranch identified by family as possible shark attack victim

The body recovered on a remote beach in Santa Cruz County has been identified by the family as Erica Fox, the swimmer who ...

Female triathlete's corpse is found six days after she was killed in shark attack while swimming with her husband off California coast

Rescue teams recovered a corpse from the ocean south of Davenport Beach in Santa Cruz on Saturday, around 2 pm, according to ...

Erica Fox: Female Triathlete's Body Found After Harrowing Shark Attack Off California Coast

Fox suddenly vanished while swimming near Lovers Point in Pacific Grove, where witnesses said Fox was attacked by a shark.

Lovers Point suspected shark attack victim identified by watch and ‘shark band’ on ankle, husband says

Erica Fox’s husband and dozens of Kelp Krawlers swim club members and friends formed a solemn procession along the Lovers ...

Female triathlete who loved sharks goes missing following suspected attack by apex predator

Erica Fox, 55, who helped found the Kelp Krawlers swimming group 20 years ago, is feared to have been killed in a shark ...

Tragic new details emerge as female triathlete, 55, feared to have been mauled by shark after vanishing

A FEMALE triathlete is feared to have been mauled by a shark after vanishing off the coast of California. Erica Fox, 55, was ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Underwater Forests Return to Life off the Coast of California, and That Might be Good News for the Entire Planet

Wondrous kelp beds harbor a complex ecosystem that’s teeming with life, cleaning the water and the atmosphere, and bringing new hope for the future The Palos Verdes Kelp Forest Restoration Project ...
Courthouse News Service

Northern California’s next kelp forests might be growing in a lab

Sonoma State University kelp researcher Rachael Karm holds up a growing blade of bull kelp at the UC Davis Marine Laboratory in Bodega Bay, Calif. (Carly Nairn/Courthouse News) BODEGA BAY, Calif. (CN) ...
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When you invest in the Seymour Center, you create scientists like Wave

My name is Wave Moretto, and I absolutely love SCUBA diving, science communication, marine conservation, and all things kelp forest ecology. I’m a marine ecologist currently pursuing my PhD in ...