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

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

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

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 ...

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

Sea otters in California are helping to protect kelp forests from an invasion of purple sea urchins. NBC News' Gadi Schwartz visits the Monterey Bay Aquarium to talk to research scientists and to dive ...

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

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

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 ...