Monterey Bay

Cal State Monterey Bay students are on board the boat that carried author John Steinbeck and his friend Ed Ricketts, a biologist, to the Sea of Cortez thanks to the Western Flyer Foundation. It deploys the Western Flyer to blend science and art, stir curiosity, and introduce students to ocean science.

In the past decade, the number of juvenile great white sharks in Monterey Bay has soared as ocean temperatures rise due to climate change. And with new predators come changes to the ecosystem.

The Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary began a two-year project, funded by a state grant, that will sample rivers, nearby beaches, ocean water and marine life for microplastics.

Monterey City council votes to end its support services for visiting cruise ships.

California’s underwater kelp forests are in trouble. A combination of climate change and hungry purple sea urchins have decimated these vital forests. But…

With sheer precision, a farm worker harvests a row of strawberries. He tosses the bruised berries that won’t sell on the ground, the others into plastic…

Over the past few days, the smoke from the River Fire burning southeast of Salinas has evolved. First, it was a huge mushroom-shaped cloud ascending high…

In the middle of a pandemic, with near record unemployment, America is facing yet another crisis -- one that has persisted for generations. Last week,…

The commercial salmon fishing season along the Central Coast is about to launch. California’s fishing industry is designated as essential by Governor…

Members of the Monterey Bay community joined together in a vigil Thursday night to honor the victims of the devastating boat fire in the Channel Islands.…