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 Santa Barbara Maritime Museum’s (SBMM) upcoming exhibit Redwoods of the Sea: Life in the Channel Islands Kelp Forests featuring images by naturalist and underwater photographer Ralph A. Clevenger ...
For nearly half a century, Brown University marine biologist Jon Witman has been diving Cashes Ledge, an underwater mountain range in the center of the Gulf of Maine that is home to one of the largest ...
A garibaldi swims in the shallows of Casino Point Dive Park on Catalina Island. Small bubbles trail upward, tickling my nose as cold seawater seeps into my gloves. I try to focus on the black fins of ...
A curious sea creature stalked a team of divers through a giant kelp forest in California, and even decided to nibble on one of their wetsuits. Stunning photos posted to Facebook show the dive team’s ...
MONTEREY — On a recent Saturday morning, scuba divers Keith Rootsaert and Dan Schwartz splashed into the ocean just east of Old Fisherman’s Wharf, the chilly water swallowing the sounds of Monterey ...
Parts of the warming Gulf of Maine have become inhospitable for kelp forests, according to new research from the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in East Boothbay. Between 2001 and 2018, a team ...
On a new free-diving tour in South Africa, one traveler comes face-to-face with seals, shipwrecks, and the limits of her own ...