The San Diego Foundation has awarded more than $650,000 in grants to 18 nonprofits in the U.S. and Mexico as part of the ...

A kelp forest off the coast of Northern California is practically gone. An estimated 95% of it has vanished over the last eight years. That’s a problem for marine life that depends on it for food and ...

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 ...

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 needed boost to Northern California’s kelp ...

A recent Guest Commentary asserts that the increasing numbers of sea lions and harbor seals (pinnipeds) around La Jolla have upset the delicate balance of the once-thriving La Jolla kelp bed ecosystem ...

SAN DIEGO — A California aquarium‘s Halloween spirit runs deep – 12 feet under, to be exact. The Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography added a fake skeleton from Home Depot to its ...

The Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography added a giant fake skeleton in its kelp forest exhibit to up the spookiness this October.