That's where the Bay Foundation came in. Divers diligently hammered away at the overly abundant urchins for over 15,000 hours ...

Hokkaido is famous for its top-tier skiing, but I visited in the sleepier shoulder season to explore its natural beauty ...

In 2024, I was scuba diving in Northern California’s Casper Cove where the Watermen’s Alliance, a group of ex-abalone sports ...

Half a century ago, sea otters were on the brink of extinction along British Columbia’s coast. Pulled from the frigid, ...

University of Victoria research provides a window into our oceans as climate change drives temperatures higher ...

Native bull kelp forests in the Puget Sound have been steadily disappearing for decades. According to recent studies, there was an 80% loss of native kelp between 2013 and 2024. Around Squaxin Island, ...

In 2013, a mysterious epidemic turned billions of sea stars between Mexico and Alaska into goo. Now we know why ...

A new study has found that the devastating sea star wasting disease is caused by a strain of bacteria from Vibrio pectenicida, which turns the marine creatures into goo.

A new study identifies the cause of sea star wasting disease, offering hope the animals can come back and perhaps even help West Coast kelp forests recover.

Sunflower sea stars once played a key role in controlling purple sea urchin populations, protecting the kelp forests along Sonoma and Mendocino counties’ coasts. With this predator nearly extinct, ...

The California sea otter, a keystone species along the central California coast, has faced numerous challenges on its road to recovery from near extinction. While their population has gradually ...