MONTEREY, California (KGO) — When we first met the hungry otters of Elkhorn Slough last year, they were chowing down on a species of burrowing crabs blamed for destabilizing the shoreline. Thinning ...

Scientists show that wolves that are eating sea otters in Alaska have much higher concentrations of mercury than those eating other prey such as deer and moose. In late 2020, a female coastal wolf ...

Sea otters eat the crabs the accelerate erosion. How sea otters help curb coast erosion Sea otters helped to curb erosion along the coast by eating the crabs that accelerate it. NPR’s Ari Daniel ...

An invasive species had taken over ecosystems across the West Coast and was threatening to dominate another one in Monterey County, California, when ecologist Rikke Jeppesen began her research two ...

You’ve likely seen those heartwarming images of darling little sea otters floating on their backs with their tiny hands clasped together as they bob along the waves. It’s super cute of course, but why ...

Valentina Saldaña is your comunity reporter covering the north coast of San Luis Obispo County, including Los Osos, Morro Bay, Cayucos, Cambria, and San Simeon. Floating around in the water is what ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Those eyes will charm you! Two adorable female southern sea otters, rescued off the coast of California, have made their New York City debut and will likely steal your heart.

When sea otters were reintroduced along the coastlines of islands in Southern California and British Columbia, researchers ...

Credit: flickr Sea otters boast the densest fur of any mammal, with about one million hairs per square inch. This dense fur serves as their primary defense against the cold ocean, as they lack blubber ...