Southern sea otters were nearly hunted to extinction in the 19th century for their furs, only gaining a measure of protection ...

The orphaned sea otter who became a foster mother to 15 pups. By Malia Wollan No one knows how Rosa was orphaned in September ...

The research team estimated that sea otters local to the region eat 120,000 green crabs a year. It's an essential job, given ...

While there are other animals that eat green crabs, their population only fell in an area of Central California when the ...

If you’ve ever seen a picture or video of sea otters floating on their backs, holding hands as they snooze, you’ve probably ...

California's offshore seafloors have been missing a massive, colorful predator that keeps kelp-munching sea urchins in check.

Sea otters are a rare species as humans excessively hunted them in the 18th and 19th Century. They were mainly hunted for ...

“Each otter has different features on its nose,” she says. “Stormy has the most unusual trait: the left side of his nose is black, but the right side is pink.” Ocean Park opened last week ...

West coast states are spending millions to protect their inland waterways from invasive crabs. In some places, otters are ...

But to her surprise, Jeppesen learned there was a much simpler way to remove the crabs in the slough she studied: furry and hungry sea otters. Sea otters are rare in most ecosystems after they ...