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

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 ...

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

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 ...

Sea otters help keep kelp forests healthy by eating sea urchins, which would otherwise destroy the kelp. Without otters, urchin populations can explode, damaging the underwater jungles that ...

At time when ocean reserve protections are threatened, new research shows bans on fishing made kelp ecosystems more resilient ...

In contrast, at sites where sea otters have long been absent, sea urchin populations have swollen to high densities and maintain extensive urchin barrens characterized by low coverage of kelp.