The rich resources of Pacific kelp forests helped humans populate the Americas. Now depleted by as much as 95 percent, they ...

sea otters in more urban environments like coastal roadways, ports and harbor areas, state parks, etc. that border waterways," Giancarlo Rulli, associate public relations director for the Marine ...

New modeling method helped researchers understand why kelp forests returned more slowly in Southern California than in British Columbia.

A study last year strengthened the link between recovering sea otter populations and the long-term health of kelp forests – ...

Sea otters help kelp forests recover by controlling sea urchins, but their impact varies. In British Columbia, recovery was ...

While working on remote Alaskan islands, he found where sea otters were absent, sea urchin populations mushroomed, overtaking kelp forests. He concluded the small mammal was integral to maintaining ...

The Ecological Society of America has over 100 years of journal publishing history and offers some of the most widely read and cited journals in the field of ecology. The seven journals in our ...

The linker histone H1 binds to the nucleosome core particle at the site where DNA enters and exits, and facilitates folding of the nucleosomes into a higher-order chromatin structure in eukaryotes.

World Wildlife Day, observed annually on March 3, highlights the significance of preserving wildlife and their habitats.

While working on remote Alaskan islands, he found where sea otters were absent, sea urchin populations mushroomed, overtaking kelp forests. He concluded the small mammal was integral to ...

We spied bald eagles "arcing over the treetops" and sea otters "rafting in the shallows". Humpbacks cruised past our boat "like submarines", porpoises twirled through its wake, and a single wolf ...