With their roly-poly bodies, child-like eyes, long whiskers and tiny padded paws, otters are some of the most charismatic animals in nature. But while being cute doesn't serve much purpose in the wild ...

The kelp forests that hug the Pacific coastline are an underwater jungle. They're a thicket of colossal algae intermixed with a pageant of life that includes snails, urchins, sea lions, sea otters, ...

Kelp is a large, brown algae that lives in relatively shallow waters close to shore. They grow in large groups that resemble forests on land. These kelp forests are important because they contain a ...

A decimated giant kelp forest in Southern California is making a comeback after volunteers removed almost two million sea urchins that devour the plants. The Bay Foundation reports that the first year ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ashley Kidd signed onto the Zoom call a few minutes late, giddily explaining that 12 minutes ago there was an unexpected ...

SAN PEDRO, Calif. (KABC) -- Before the Super Bowl kicks off in Los Angeles this February, the NFL environmental program is cleaning up the community. NFL Green and the Los Angeles Super Bowl Host ...

It’s Saturday afternoon and the Birch Aquarium is swimming with families. There are a lot of kids in the “Hold Fast” exhibit about kelp forests. They’re running through a display of 27 kelp plant ...

Beyond tall cliffs and Whidbey’s southernmost beach lies a 90-acre underwater forest wrapping around almost the entirety of Possession Point. Rows and rows of bull kelp filter the morning light ...

Ashley Kidd signed onto the Zoom call a few minutes late, giddily explaining that 12 minutes ago there was an unexpected development in a planned spawn of critically endangered starfish. Kidd, ...