In 2013, a sea star wasting syndrome decimated populations of Pisaster along the west coast of North America and along the Monterey Peninsula in California, where this study was conducted. The orange ...

New research led by Monterey Bay Aquarium reveals a surprising ripple effect in coastal ecosystems: the collapse of one ...

New research led by Monterey Bay Aquarium reveals a surprising ripple effect in coastal ecosystems: the collapse of one ...

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

In 2013, a sea star wasting syndrome decimated populations of Pisaster along the west coast of North America and along the ...

Whenever I suffer an emotional blow, I have a coded phrase that my husband and daughter both understand. I say, “The urchin ...

Sea otters are keystone species in kelp forests. Kelp forests rely on the top-down pressure sea otters exert via predation on ...

A stuffed otter was found at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport near baggage claim, and officials are seeking help to reunite it with its owner. The plush toy, holding an orange ...

Violet Sage Walker, the Northern Chumash Tribal Council chairwoman, in Pismo Beach, California.

Damp cold seeped into my bones as the sun disappeared over Estero Bluffs State Park, near the town of Cayucos, California. I picked my way across tide pools, keeping an eye out for octopuses ...

Imagine gliding through the chilly, emerald-green waters of the Pacific, sunlight flickering through waving forests of kelp.

Sea otters have rebounded significantly from near extinction in the early 20th century. The largest North American populations are in Alaska, where Tekiela captured this image of a female sea otter ...