Countries around the world are increasingly turning to nature to help alleviate the impacts of climate change. Forests, grasslands and wetlands are already considered as "natural climate solutions ...

Scientists have documented southern resident killer whales using tools fashioned from kelp to groom one another—a behavior never before observed in marine mammals. The study, published recently in the ...

Sea otters play a vital role in maintaining the balance of sensitive kelp forests. Hidden beneath the surface of our coastal seas are towering forests - of kelp. These underwater ecosystems are as ...

According to a status report released by the Oregon Kelp Alliance in November, nearly 900 acres of bull kelp forest has essentially disappeared off the Oregon Coast since 2010.

The whales use quick body movements to tear pieces of bull kelp for use as tools, perhaps the first known toolmaking by a marine mammal.

Stanford scientists urge protection of the spectacular kelp forests in Monterey Bay, which are endangered worldwide due to climate change, overharvesting and other human-related factors.

Kelp’s iodine content is just one reason to consider it a superfood. It's also a staple of the Japanese diet, a hormone helper, and is easy to add to your diet.

A new project is underway to restore kelp forests in the Santa Barbara Channel by removing sea urchins and selling them to restaurants or turning them ...

Additionally, kelp forests support a wide array of fish species, such as herring and rockfish, which are vital for the food webs in these ecosystems.

This includes greater public investment in kelp forest mapping, monitoring, high-resolution oceanographic modeling and ground-truthing of national estimates. Kelp forests are in trouble ...

Forests, grasslands and wetlands are already considered as “natural climate solutions.” Now, some scientists are asking: could kelp forests be part of the solution too?