Sitka, Alaska is that rare spot where nature’s grandeur and small-town charm create a perfect recipe for the good life. Tucked away on Baranof Island in Alaska’s southeastern panhandle, Sitka defies ...

An international team is calling for a US $14 billion investment to protect and restore one of the planet's most valuable and overlooked marine ecosystems, kelp forests. The funding is needed to ...

The kelp forest is the ocean’s hidden rainforest; teeming with color, movement, and mystery. Meet five extraordinary fish species that live among its golden fronds, each with bizarre adaptations and ...

Cove by cove, scientists, divers and volunteers are hauling up urchins to protect kelp. 50 States, 50 Fixes Cove by cove, scientists, divers and volunteers are hauling up urchins to protect kelp.

A new study used satellite imagery to evaluate the health of giant and bull kelp canopies like this one along the California coast. Credit: Emelly Ortiz-Villa Kelp forests are underwater jungles and ...

The kelp forest is ephemeral, yet foundational. Fronds of this fast-growing giant seaweed come and go with the seasons, storms and waves, supporting communities of fish, invertebrates and even mammals ...

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Kelp forests function as major habitat for marine biodiversity, but are in rapid decline worldwide, largely because of climate impacts on the oceans. A 2013 marine heat wave known as “the Blob,” ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Typically to catch a tuna, you’d have to head to warm waters far out into the ocean. However, one lucky - and skilled angler out of Southeast Alaska didn’t have to venture ...