A photographer shares the epiphanies she has had while chronicling underwater jungles off the California coast ...

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A school student has discovered a "very, very rare" seashell during a school holiday session at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery.

Marine heat waves that seemed extreme just a decade ago will become commonplace by the end of this century in waters favored by giant kelp, researchers have found. Dense forests of giant kelp ...

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According to Australian Government data, Tasmania’s giant kelp forests have declined by 95 per cent due to ocean warming and were listed as a Threatened Ecological Community in 2012 under ...

The mission marks another step forward in a sprawling, multi-institution effort dedicated to recovering the species that scientists didn’t realize were key for maintaining healthy kelp forests ...

Kelp forests are some of the most productive ecosystems on Earth. Giant kelp, a kind of algae, can grow up to 18 inches per day, and the trees reach more than ten stories tall at full growth.