A mysterious disease nearly wiped out sunflower stars in 2013. But sunflower stars may once again dot the seabed, thanks to ...

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

Limiting and responding to the climate crisis will be a continual challenge for current and future generations, but—as I must ...

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

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 ...

The kelp forests of Scotland enchant snorkelers and divers with their beauty.

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