6 articles
Inside Chile's Patagonian channels, the Andes go under the sea — and sheltered waters grow the most extensive giant kelp forests in South America, beside a salmon boom.
Jack Callum ·
Chile's Chonos Archipelago is a drowned maze of rainforest islands, kelp channels, mussel rafts and blue-whale water — a coastal atlas guide to Aysén's inland sea.
Tom Okafor ·
Argentina's Gulf of San Matías is a warmer, tidal sea within the Argentine Sea: giant kelp on volcanic ledges, scallop grounds, octopus divers and sea lion rookeries.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
A species profile of the South American sea lion, the maned beachmaster of the Humboldt and Patagonian kelp coasts — biology, range and fishery friction.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
Inside the subantarctic kelp forests of the Strait of Magellan and Tierra del Fuego: cold clear water, drifting kelp highways, and science at the southern frontier.
Dr. Elias Brandt ·
Península Valdés pairs Patagonia's most famous whale nursery with giant kelp beds at the edge of the steppe — plus one of the kelp world's sharpest invasion stories.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·