Their moving lights and night activity — "the kind of lights that usually mean someone is doing more than sightseeing," the ...

​Researchers, who published their findings in Science, discovered that these algae emit allelopathic compounds into the water ...

While the marine heatwaves killing the kelp ecosystem were alarming on their own, the researchers have discovered a new ...

Shane Farrell has spent the better part of the last three years underwater, diving off the coast of Maine. The University of Maine Ph.D. student and his team at the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean ...

Keystone species play an outsized role in the ecosystem, affecting the natural balance in ways that cannot easily be replaced.

Nestled in the rocky, shallow areas of bays, tide pools, and kelp forests in Central and Northern California is a species of abalone which has been an important part of local life for centuries. Red ...

Heavier rains are triggering regulatory pauses on harvesting oysters and clams—and putting fishermen out of work.

Just outside the town of Mendocino in the middle of Van Damme Beach, a weathered placard educates bystanders about the region's red abalone, a once prolific seasnail whose mild taste and iridescent ...

Eco anxiety is very real, so we share this year's most uplifting stories to prove there’s hope for our climate.

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 ...

Staff from the Noyo Center for Marine Science gave a presentation on who and what washed ashore in 2025- a very different ...