Forty years of data collected by Scripps Institution of Oceanography tracks the West Coast's largest giant kelp forest.

A single longspined sea urchin has been found in Tasmania’s remote southwest waters, marking the most westerly sighting of the invasive species in the state. The 127mm urchin was discovered between ...

Follow Our Changing World on Apple, Spotify, iHeartRadio or wherever you listen to your podcasts. Off the Tutukākā coast of Northland, the Poor Knights Islands marine reserve is world-renowned as a ...

The farm is also committed to helping with abalone conservation; wild populations have experienced a huge decline since the ’70s from overfishing and habitat loss. The Cultured Abalone Farm’s hatchery ...

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 ...

Nick DiGiovanni takes seafood freshness to its extreme by catching and eating a live sea urchin. The video follows the process from harvest to tasting with no delay in between. What is usually served ...

The California sea otter, a keystone species along the central California coast, has faced numerous challenges on its road to recovery from near extinction. While their population has gradually ...

The year 2025 has been a banner year for scientists in the Pacific Northwest working to save sea stars from a mysterious wasting disease. Research groups from several universities and institutes have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A sunflower sea star may be about to snack on some sea urchins in California. Brent Durand/Moment via Getty Images Before 2013, ...