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.

A big snail ambles by a sea urchin munching on the stem—or stipe—of Lessonia kelp at Isla de los Estados, Argentina. To our astonishment, the kelps in each bay still harbored the same species.

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 ...

A multitude of factors appear to be behind the decline, including rising ocean temperatures and booming populations of purple sea urchins, which eat the kelp. The report also outlines future ...

WITH SEA FARMING AND KELP. CHRISTA ROSEN AND INGA POTTER HEAD OUT FROM KITTERY POINT, MAINE, ANTICIPATING A HEALTHY HAUL. A LEISURELY TEN MINUTES FROM THE HARBOR, YELLOW BUOYS MARK THEIR GROW LINES.

Loading YouTube content The marine scientist from environmental nonprofit The Nature Conservancy explains that a dramatic rise in sea urchin numbers has decimated the golden kelp forests that ...