SAN JOSE, Calif. -- The weathered UC Davis Marine Laboratory looms in thick fog on the edge of the ocean near Bodega Bay. Inside, an experiment is playing out that gives a badly-needed boost to ...

Scientists have calculated the water temperature at which tiger sharks are most active and abundant. They say the sharks, which are second only to great whites in attacking people, prefer a balmy 22C.

"White sharks very rarely enter the kelp forest, they patrol the fringes. They swim around this bay which has one of the highest concentrations of white sharks in the world. "One day we were ...

This complicates restoration efforts, since otters won't be removing enough urchins for kelp to become established. When ...

Now, great white sharks limit their expansion north of the San Francisco Bay. Julieta Gomez a kelp restoration specialist holds a sea urchin at The UC Davis Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute ...

What started as a study to better understand how lobsters prey on sea urchins instead discovered sharks also predate on the pest ... These masses of sea urchins eat kelp and seagrass, the loss of ...

The ocean’s typical seaweed, sea kelp, is acknowledged for its significant nutritional composition and is frequently used in various nutritional formulations. Health-conscious individuals often ...

Against the backdrop of climate change, kelp forests near Boothbay suffer steep declines from warming waters. Kelp forests provide key habitat for ocean life and help clean water to create a ...

describe characteristics of a kelp forest ecosystem. explain the interactions between habitats and species. give examples of producers, consumers and scavengers in a kelp forest. draw and label ...

Your support makes all the difference. Aquarium enthusiasts in China were left shocked when they discovered that a much-hyped giant whale shark on display was, in reality, a robot. The Xiaomeisha ...

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. Ask shark researchers about the risk of getting bitten, and they have an ...