researchers followed 196 tagged sea otters over several years. With the help of dedicated volunteer “otter spotters,” the researchers tracked the feeding habits, tool use and overall health of ...

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

Sea otters are on the edge of extinction ... One Step Closer – Legislation to let parents use public funds for private education heads to the Governor. Josh Hinkle speaks one-on-one with ...

Every day California sea otters spend 10 to 12 hours hunting and ... What is surprising (to those who think of tool use as a primate skill, or at least a terrestrial one) is that otters use ...

A devastating sea star plague triggered an unexpected ecological shift, creating a mussel boom that sea otters turned into a ...

A female sea otter at Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium celebrated her 14th birthday Sunday, indulging in a treat made just for ...

In the wake of the sea star die-off, mussels became a major prey surplus for sea otters, revealing a surprising link between the adjacent rocky intertidal and kelp forest ecosystems. The new ...