Kelp forests are underwater thickets of algae that keep the world’s oceans rich with biodiversity. And scientists just ...

The whales use quick body movements to tear pieces of bull kelp for use as tools, perhaps the first known toolmaking by a marine mammal.

But scientists were puzzled as to why the impact of otters on kelp – particularly along the coastlines of islands in Southern California and British Columbia – varied by location.

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Orcas were spotted using kelp as a grooming tool on each other, the first known use of tools among cetaceans for something other than hunting prey.

Restoring underwater kelp forests by culling overgrazing sea urchins would deliver significant financial benefits, a new ...

To start a kelp-based grooming session, an orca places the bull kelp stipe on its face and nuzzles against another killer ...

The California Science Center's new Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center Work in Progress Gallery offers a preview of the impressive artifacts and displays planned for the upcoming 200,000-square ...

Imagine a world where just six out of every 100 newborns make it to their teenage years, the rest unable to survive ...