New research led by Monterey Bay Aquarium reveals a surprising ripple effect in coastal ecosystems: the collapse of one ...

Sea otters are critical players in marine ecosystems and are a keystone species, meaning they have a profound effect on their ...

In short: otters eat urchins, so kelp thrives. But the slower return off California was something of a mystery. To understand ...

Suzi Eszterhas Scientists have long designated the california sea otter a “keystone predator,” meaning what the animal eats has a large impact on its environment. The otters devour ...

They start eating solid foods shortly after birth, but are dependent on their mothers for up to a year. Pups start diving within two months. LIFE CYCLE: Male sea otters live between 10 and 15 years, ...

In 2013, a sea star wasting syndrome decimated populations of Pisaster along the west coast of North America and along the ...

Caption A Southern sea otter foraging and eating mussels in Monterey Bay. Research led by Monterey Bay Aquarium published in the journal Science Advances shows that a mass die-off of ochre sea ...

Contemporary Tlingit do not eat sea otter. By arguing that this condition should be met before Alaska Natives should be entitled to harvest sea otters, these environmentalists are attempting to define ...

Jane saw an opportunity to do important work to restore sea otters,” said Carmel’s Charles Knowles, president and cofounder of the Wildlife Conservation Network. “They eat sea urchins who ...