Highly productive kelp forests are being touted as a natural climate solution, but do we know enough to count them as such?

If you could walk the ocean floor off the coast of Cape Arago in Oregon in the summer, you’d find yourself in the mysterious green depths of a forest of kelp. Look up, and youd ...

Scientists found a delicious solution to an invasive species problem — eating long-spined sea urchin roe could save Tasmania's kelp forests.

New research shows how rapidly proliferating turf algae are waging 'chemical warfare' to inhibit the recovery of kelp forests along Maine's warming coast.

After watching storms wreak havoc on the coastline near her home, Hazel Campbell, a junior at Santa Cruz's Pacific Collegiate ...

Kelp forests are underwater ecosystems created by dense growths of kelp, a type of large brown algae. Found in shallow waters of the ocean, these marine habitats make for a unique diving experience.

such as a seal swimming through a kelp forest, aerial shots of whale pods and the bustle of a coral reef. But that doesn’t make it any less beautiful or evocative of life under the waves.

Tasmania's East Coast is world-renowned for its diverse and beautiful ocean life, but within a decade, half of its kelp forests could be gone.

Through photosynthesis, kelp forests boost oxygen levels in the ocean while helping protect the coast from erosion by reducing the speed and size of waves. (See beautiful photos of kelp gardens ...

Another important wolf for these kelp forests, though, is a sea star known as pycnopodia helianthoides, or the “sunflower sea star.” Sunflower sea stars are beautiful, often purple or pink ...

“Bull kelp forests support a variety of species, which are not only intrinsically beautiful but also serve as traditional food sources for the First Nations and tribal communities who have lived ...

“Some of my favorite dive sites were these beautiful, healthy kelp forests,” Christian said. Now, many of those areas are urchin barrens: Rocks covered in urchins that have gobbled up all the kel ...