These areas are very important because they help us protect the plants and animals that live there ... who like to eat kelp,” she said, explaining that without predators like sea stars ...

Around the same time, a marine heat wave arrived and warmed the water for years, stunting kelp growth and reproduction. Sunflower sea stars — the giants of sea stars, with up to 21 limbs — eat sea ...

They eat kelp and can create underwater deserts, pretty much empty of life. So to give the giant kelp a fighting chance, the urchins have to go. CRAIG JOHNSON: Let’s dump ‘em out. So this guy ...

and rebuilding populations of urchin-eating rock lobsters. This baby kelp will be out-planted using techniques developed over four years of dedicated research by IMAS scientists. Picture ...