California established a network of marine protected areas. MPAs cover roughly 16% of California’s state waters. A long, reddish and black sheephead wove through a maze of towering kelp in a ...

From sunken ships to kelp forests to vibrant reefs, these national park experiences are as uncrowded as it gets. Here’s where to go.

Tour of marine protected areas shows flourishing diversity; talk with fishermen shows opposition to additions.

A team led by researchers at UC Santa Barbara has conducted the first direct population estimate of this critically ...

Sir David Attenborough urges for the ocean to be saved in ‘Ocean with David Attenborough’, screened in Brussels for our UN ...

There are 63 national parks in the USA, and each are as unique and as diverse as the next. If you’re a nature lover, doing a ...

Highly productive kelp forests are being touted as a natural climate solution, but do we know enough to count them as such?

Warming oceans are wiping out kelp forests. New research shows turf algae release chemicals that stop kelp from growing back.

Visiting Southern California’s archipelago takes planning and an adventurous spirit, but it’s worth the effort.

A new study offers a reason why Maine's decimated kelp forests may fail to recover: a chemical released by red algae that can ...

Roughly 73 square miles of ancestral homelands once belonging to California’s Yurok Tribe have been returned to them.