Despite their low numbers, sea otters consume voracious kelp-eating sea urchins at a high enough rate that kelp forests continue to persist and provide habitat for numerous species. Without sea ...

Kelp farmer Bren Smith co-founded GreenWave, which promotes kelp’s ecological and agricultural benefits as a sustainable ...

Now, researchers at UC Santa Cruz are trying to save what was left behind in a new study that helps expand and protect surviving kelp forests by selectively removing sea urchins. Monterey Bay might ...