A bizarre and hilarious stunt where an ultra-realistic fake foot is used to stomp on sea urchins, blending shock value with absurd creativity.

Their disappearance led to unchecked sea urchin growth, which in turn destroyed extensive kelp forests—habitats called the "rainforests of the ocean" due to their biodiversity and importance for ...

Natural kelp forest guardians Previous research has found that i ncreased sea otter populations have helped curb urchin populations around kelp forests.

A new study identifies the cause of sea star wasting disease, offering hope the animals can come back and perhaps even help West Coast kelp forests recover.

They keep sea urchin populations in check, in turn ensuring the health of help forests that provide habitat and food for numerous other species.

But once sea urchin populations boomed, there was a widespread loss of kelp forests. To identify the disease, researchers ran more than 20 experiments from 2021 to 2024.

In Nature Ecology & Evolution, a group of researchers reveal the cause of sea star wasting disease (SSWD). This discovery comes more than a decade after the start of the marine epidemic that has ...

A bacterium called Vibrio pectenicida may be melting sea stars along North America’s Pacific coast.

Without the sea stars to keep the sea urchin population in check, the spiny creatures are eating too much of the kelp forests, which further impacts other marine species.

A team featuring Canadian scientists has, after years of testing, determined the cause of the devastating sea star wasting disease. The culprit is a bacterial pathogen called vibrio pectenicida ...