What if one of the biggest threats to kelp forests could help bring them back to life?That question has helped a University ...
The loss of one iconic species, sunflower sea stars, unleashed a voracious eater of seagrass habitats and upended the coastal ...
Recreational and commercial kōura fishing could be banned on Northland’s east coast to help prevent kelp forests turning into sea urchin barrens. Rock lobsters (better known as kōura and crayfish) are ...
Their moving lights and night activity — "the kind of lights that usually mean someone is doing more than sightseeing," the ...
By JES BURNS Oregon Public Broadcasting The year 2025 has been a banner year for scientists in the Pacific Northwest working ...
Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Shane Farrell has spent the better part of the last three years underwater, diving ...
Keystone species play an outsized role in the ecosystem, affecting the natural balance in ways that cannot easily be replaced.
A rare sighting of the elusive creature stunned a California diver during a holiday trip to Monterey Bay.
Another year has come and gone here on the North Coast. For better and for worse, 2025 was one of fear and resistance, resilience and resolve, with moments of brightness and solidarity amid palpable ...
San Diegan Oriana Poindexter, a marine scientist and photographer, brings together art and science in her latest exhibition, ...