The pinto abalone is a marine snail found ... are part of the kelp forest ecosystem, a sensitive habitat that has been disrupted from its natural state by human activities for hundreds of years, ...

In 2000, scientists spotted a bioluminescent mollusk in the deep sea. The animal was so unique ... It has a hood like a jellyfish and a "foot" like a snail, and it hunts prey like some anemones.

But for a new crop of farmers growing sugar kelp in the waters of the Long Island Sound, planting season is just wrapping up ...

Think spinach, broccoli, and collard greens. Sustainable seaweeds like kombu, wakame, and sugar kelp, which are cultivated in New England and Alaska, can also offer similar nutrients. The bottom ...

Despite their low numbers, sea otters consume voracious kelp-eating sea urchins at a high enough rate that kelp forests continue to persist and provide habitat for numerous species. Without sea ...

Sea otters in California are helping to protect kelp forests from an invasion of purple sea urchins. NBC News' Gadi Schwartz visits the Monterey Bay Aquarium to talk to research scientists and to dive ...

These marine plants and algae are sometimes called “sea vegetables”—but there are reasons beyond gastronomy to appreciate them. Kelp, in particular, has the potential to greatly reduce ocean ...

"And all the small rocks that were down there [it] pushed them out to deep water and that's what the kelp grew on, and those rocks haven't been recharged," Goldblatt explained. According to Sea ...