Nancy Caruso’s Get Inspired program has been giving the green abalone a human helping hand for the past two decades.

Make time for The Shark is Broken on the Laguna Beach Patch calendar ...

Scripps Oceanography scientists hope the findings will aid efforts to restore kelp and bolster its resilience to changing conditions ...

This year's fellows' cohort also includes the first recipient of the Pew-Gerstner Fellowship in Ocean Plastics Research, which supports research on solutions to marine plastic pollution; and the ...

Forty years of data collected by Scripps Institution of Oceanography tracks the West Coast's largest giant kelp forest.

Young kelp forests are returning to Peru after scientists replanted giant seaweed, creating habitat for fish and restoring ...

The growth form of giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) is composed of shoots known as stipes instead of branches. From one ...

Giant kelp forests, an icon of the San Diego coastline, are in retreat as a result of climate change– Off the coast, water ...

The trail to a popular mid-county swimming hole received some love from Santa Barbara County Tuesday when supervisors ...

The decline of California's kelp forests since the marine heat wave of 2013–17 has seen only minor recovery despite heroic efforts at restoration carried out by scientists, fishermen, coastal tribes, ...

Giant kelp and bull kelp forests create habitats that support an amazing diversity of sea life, and their floating canopies are a prominent feature at the surface of California coastal waters.