7 articles
With up to sixteen arms and a taste for other sea stars, the morning sun star is the kelp forest's fastest hunter — and a weathervane of sea star wasting.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
Hunted to near-collapse, the pinto abalone is being rebuilt by hatcheries and divers in the Salish Sea. Inside North America's meticulous abalone comeback.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
Between Vancouver Island and mainland Washington, the San Juans thread bull kelp beds through tidal rapids. A Coastal Atlas guide to the archipelago.
Tom Okafor ·
Between Vancouver Island and the BC mainland, the Fraser River's plume shapes bull kelp beds, herring spawns and whale water. A coastal atlas guide.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
At the Salish Sea's front door, Pacific upwelling meets inland outflow over bull kelp forests and tidal races. A coastal atlas guide to the strait.
Dr. Lena Fischer ·
A Coastal Atlas guide to Hood Canal: the Salish Sea's natural fjord, its famous shore dives, giant Pacific octopus, bull kelp shallows and breathless depths.
Tom Okafor ·
Washington's inland sea shelters floating bull kelp beds that shelter salmon in return. A Coastal Atlas guide to its patchwork beds and citizen science.
Tom Okafor ·