For the last decade, California’s offshore seafloors have been missing a massive, colorful predator that keeps kelp-munching sea urchins in check. The sunflower sea star is a big starfish — more than ...

THERE HAS BEEN A SCIENTIFIC BREAKTHROUGH AND A LOCAL MARINE BIOLOGY LAB PLAYED A KEY ROLE. THE "SUNFLOWER STAR LAB" IN MOSS LANDING IS REPORTING ADVANCEMENT IN WHAT IS CALLED "SEA STAR CRYPTO ...

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With California's spectacular kelp forests being decimated by invasive sea urchins, scientists are using sea otters to help eliminate the sea urchins. NBC News' Gadi Schwartz goes below the surface to ...

Already, the new kelp is helping the ecosystem show glimpses of its former self. During a recent dive, a plump sunflower sea ...

Their fur is so soft it almost led to their extinction, but otters’ recovery has been a boon to Pacific kelp forests, a key ...

The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum’s (SBMM) upcoming exhibit Redwoods of the Sea: Life in the Channel Islands Kelp Forests featuring images by naturalist and underwater photographer Ralph A. Clevenger ...

Nicknamed the “king of the kelp forest,” giant sea bass are among scuba divers’ favorite characters to spot off the California Coast. But very few of these charismatic fish remain. A team led by ...

For the last decade, California’s offshore seafloors have been missing a massive, colorful predator that keeps kelp-munching sea urchins in check. The sunflower sea star is a big starfish — more than ...

Riah Evin, a biologist at the California Academy of Sciences’ Steinhart Aquarium, propagates endangered Sunflower Sea Stars on Nov. 20 in San Francisco. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group) For the last ...