The giant kelp forest of the Southern Reef is the latest subject to receive a Google Doodle on an important anniversary. The search engine honoured the Australian natural wonder with the graphic today ...

Over the past 134 years, the giant kelp forests off the coast of Southern California have been studied by marine scientists at labs such as UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La ...

In a remote corner of Namibia, near a ghost town that was once a diamond mining hub, a startup called Kelp Blue is trying to pioneer a new coastal industry. Offshore, the company is now growing a mini ...

The vast swathes of kelp forest growing along the world’s coastlines are estimated to generate US$500 billion a year on average, making them considerably more valuable than previous studies have ...

Though spatially distinct, the Santa Barbara Channel’s subtidal kelp forests and its sandy beaches are intimately connected. Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera), the foundation species of rocky reefs, ...

SAN DIEGO — A California aquarium‘s Halloween spirit runs deep – 12 feet under, to be exact. The Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography added a fake skeleton from Home Depot to its ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography is ready for spooky season! Guests can expect to be greeted with a giant skeleton in the Giant Kelp Forest as part of ...

Over the past 134 years, the giant kelp forests off the coast of Southern California have been studied by marine scientists at labs like the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego in La ...