
Photography by Maxwel Hohn / Words by Roseanne Keatley
Black rockfish explore their bull kelp neighbourhood. Photo: Maxwel Hohn
Life is thought to have evolved in the ancient seas, long before it was able to colonize land. Little is known about the first plants, but it is thought that they must have been closely related to some of the larger seaweeds, such as kelp, that have stronger stems and rootlike holdfasts for anchoring the plant against the pull of the tides…