Juliet is your community news reporter covering the South Coast of Santa Barbara County. Fish Reef Project founder Chris Goldblatt has made it a mission to care for the ocean. "The ocean has given me ...

GOLETA, Calif. – Just off the coast of Goleta, a chain of recently installed cement sea caves rests on the ocean floor, installed to reintroduce a kelp forest along the Central Coast of California.

After only three and a half months, the concrete caves on the ocean floor offshore of Goleta Beach are now overgrown with new life — featuring young giant kelp, algae, fish, and spider crabs. Young ...

Climate stress is reshaping coral reefs as habitat loss causes reef fish communities and social groups to collapse.

Two more artificial reef projects are underway in the Florida Keys, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission announced Tuesday. It means Monroe County’s Artificial Reefs Program — fueled ...

The N.C. Artificial Reef Program this month completed two major reef enhancements at offshore reefs off Cape Hatteras and off Ocracoke.

A new study suggests climate change may be reshaping reef life in a subtle but serious way — not only by damaging coral ...