Meet the leaf sheep, a cute little animal-plant hybrid that can photosynthesize to generate extra energy within its body.

Scientists have found new evidence that desertification, potentially linked to global warming, leads to large amounts of nutrient-rich dust landing in the sea ... which plants and algae use ...

Furthermore, new calcified coralline algae ecosystems are still being discovered. Conversely, they are threatened by ocean acidification, and are impacted by increasing seawater temperatures, ...

Now, researchers at UC Santa Cruz are trying to save what was left behind in a new study that helps expand and protect surviving kelp forests by selectively removing sea urchins ... a pink algae ...