Rock lobsters (better known as kōura and crayfish) are a natural predator of sea urchins, which can overgraze the kelp, leading to barren rocky reefs. A three year closure on rock lobster fishing was ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The weathered UC Davis Marine Laboratory looms in thick fog on the edge of the ocean near Bodega Bay. Inside, an experiment is playing out that gives a badly needed boost to ...

Lacking natural predators and able to survive long after food sources are diminished, purple sea urchins are devastating kelp forests, an important carbon sink. The founders of a Newport startup have ...

The weathered UC Davis Marine Laboratory looms in thick fog on the edge of the ocean near Bodega Bay. Inside, an experiment is playing out that gives a needed boost to Northern California’s kelp ...

Over the past few years, and again more recently, we have been hearing about a growing concern along our coastline. The once abundant kelp forests of Monterey Bay are thinning, shrinking or ...

An international team of scientists recently announced a major breakthrough in understanding sea star wasting disease, a mysterious epidemic responsible for decimating sunflower sea stars (*Pycnopodia ...

New research finds that Marine Protected Areas can boost the recovery of globally important kelp forests following marine heatwaves. The findings are published in the British Ecological Society’s ...

The kelp forests of central California, and particularly those within Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, have undergone interesting and, in some cases, dramatic changes in the past decade. Since ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- The weathered UC Davis Marine Laboratory looms in thick fog on the edge of the ocean near Bodega Bay. Inside, an experiment is playing out that gives a badly-needed boost to ...

The weathered UC Davis Marine Laboratory looms in thick fog on the edge of the ocean near Bodega Bay. Inside, an experiment is playing out that gives a badly-needed boost to Northern California’s kelp ...