California's offshore seafloors have been missing a massive, colorful predator that keeps kelp-munching sea urchins in check.

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The final week of the year will bring low tides to San Diego’s coastline, giving tide poolers one more chance this month to ...

Marine scientists will be working with coastal industries, communities and Tasmanian Aboriginal communities on a ...

Sunflower sea stars are a type of starfish, endangered from the open waters, and now they’re being grown in a laboratory in ...

Scientists on a mission to resurrect Tasmania’s famous giant kelp forests are banking on a coalition of coastal industries ...

When a mysterious disease nearly wiped out sunflower stars in 2013, armies of purple sea urchins devoured almost all of ...

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 ...

Lacking natural predators and able to survive long after food sources are diminished, purple sea urchins are devastating kelp ...

Scientists on a mission to resurrect Tasmania’s famous giant kelp forests are banking on a coalition of coastal industries and communities to help win an ecological battle for the ages.

“It will be an exciting and unique opportunity for recreational divers to assist with the establishment and ongoing maintenance of giant kelp forests at local dive tourist sites on the Tasman ...