Once thriving, there are now believed to be just 73 Southern Resident killer whales left in Washington state's Puget Sound.

A groundbreaking study of 7,000-year-old exposed coral reef fossils reveals how human fishing has transformed Caribbean reef ...

Puget Sound Restoration Fund Announces Community Support from the Seattle Seahawks and Lumen Field Donation will support restoration of kelp forests, native oyster beds, and clean water in Puget ...

The legislation co-sponsored by Rep. Greg Nance, D-Bainbridge Island, designates bull kelp as the state's marine forest in an effort to protect the species along Washington's coastlines.

Puget Sound was a global kelp capital for millennia. If we work together, we can enlist the next generation of conservationists to jumpstart the recovery of kelp, salmon, and orca.

It can grow more than a foot a day. The specimens that wash up on beaches have detached from the ocean floor. Puget Sound has lost about two-thirds of its bull kelp forests, according to PDZA. Now ...

Changes in the water, weather and environment around Puget Sound are causing kelp to disappear. There are efforts underway to bring it back in full force. Michigan beat Alabama and college ...

Climate Lab Environment Local News Northwest Puget Sound Science A look inside Puget Sound’s declining bull kelp beds Oct. 23, 2024 at 6:00 am Updated Oct. 23, 2024 at 6:00 am By Conrad Swanson ...

Kelp forests cover about 25% of the world's temperate coastline, and the paper could serve as something of a bellwether for what's likely to unfold elsewhere in the coming decades, Rasher said.

Fight to save Puget Sound kelp bed underscores NW habitat challenges Updated: Jul. 25, 2024, 11:17 a.m. | Published: Jul. 25, 2024, 11:02 a.m.

The Washington state Department of Natural Resources and the Squaxin Island Tribe have announced a partnership to conserve the Squaxin Island Kelp Bed, the last major kelp bed in South Puget Sound ...