The macroalga giant kelp, which is an iconic and important ecosystem-structuring species found off the coast of California and many other coastlines, can grow 100-feet long within 1-2 years. Now, ...

Diatoms are some of the most common algae found in the ocean. There are at least 100,000 species. Most of these tiny diatoms use photosynthesis. This means that they use sunlight, carbon dioxide and ...

There’s something about freediving into the giant kelp forests off the local coastline that elicits a sense of magic and wonder in artist and marine scientist Oriana Poindexter. What started as a ...

SAN DIEGO — A California aquarium‘s Halloween spirit runs deep – 12 feet under, to be exact. The Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography added a fake skeleton from Home Depot to its ...