A new study of kelp fossils from the coast of Washington state show that kelp forests, which host all manner of marine life, developed tens of millions of years ago.

Pacific kelp forests are far older that we thought 32-million-year-old fossil holdfasts show kelp far predate animals we see in kelp forests today Date: January 16, 2024 Source: University of ...

A new study of kelp forests from the coast of Washington state show that kelp forests, which host all manner of marine life, developed tens of millions of years ago.

Pacific kelp forests are far older that we thought 32-million-year-old fossil holdfasts show kelp far predate animals we see in kelp forests today Peer-Reviewed Publication University of ...

Newly discovered kelp fossils peg their existence to 32 million years ago. These fossils may help explain how the Pacific Ocean's underwater 'forests' came to be.

It’s Saturday afternoon and the Birch Aquarium is swimming with families. There are a lot of kids in the “Hold Fast” exhibit about kelp forests. They’re running through a display of 27 ...

The kelp forest is my favorite ecosystem on Earth. I first began diving into these nearshore waters off the California coast three years ago. Shortly after, I began taking my camera down with me ...

Recently discovered fossils from Washington show that kelp forests flourished more than 32 million years ago along the Pacific Coast, long before seals and other animals appeared.

The top of the kelp forest emerges from the surface of the Monterey Bay recently as a pelican wings by a resting paddler near Lighthouse Point in Santa Cruz.

I study the bull kelp. Its scientific name is Nereocystis luetkeana, and it anchors itself to the bottom of the ocean with a portion of the kelp called a holdfast.

Kelp’s holdfast, or rootlike structure, can host more than 90 animal species. Zooplankton, for example—full of the carotenoids that make salmon flesh pink—appear at higher rates in Kelp forests than ...