It’s a beautiful example of culture in the animal world—a tradition of tool use handed down through the family line. The sea otter’s clever use of tools doesn’t just benefit themselves ...

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 ...

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

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If you were an otter, you’d use it more often than you think. Sea otters take their rocks very ... and durability since they’re used first and foremost as tools. Each rock must be hard enough ...

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

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

Aboard a quiet, full catamaran, legendary conservationist Jane Goodall spoke about her latest mission: supporting the survival of Monterey Bay's charming, yet still vulnerable, icon—the sea otter.

In 2013, a sea star wasting syndrome decimated populations of Pisaster along the west coast of North America and along the Monterey Peninsula in California, where this study was conducted. The orange ...