Adorably fuzzy sea otters aren’t just cute. The marine mammals serve a crucial role, helping to restore the giant kelp forests they rely on by removing their top predators, the sea urchins. When ...
When sea otters were reintroduced along the coastlines of islands in Southern California and British Columbia, researchers ...
Researchers examining a century of ocean maps made an exciting discovery linking sea otter populations to kelp forests: Where sea otters thrive, so do these critical underwater habitats. The research ...
A southern sea otter (not Otter 841!) enjoys the seafood bounty among the kelp a few yards from West Cliff Drive, near Indicators Surf Break, in Santa Cruz. The Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary ...
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Wolves are now hunting sea otters and nobody knows why
Along a remote stretch of the Alaskan coast, gray wolves have quietly rewritten the rules of what a top land predator eats.
Oregon is known for its forests, and they don’t stop at the beach, (“Oregon’s underwater forests are vanishing. Can they be saved?” July 23). Historically, thousands of acres of kelp forests have ...
The loss of one iconic species, sunflower sea stars, unleashed a voracious eater of seagrass habitats and upended the coastal ...
When people talk about sea otters, the words “cute,” “cuddly,” and “curious” often come to mind. But now you can add another descriptor to that list -- climate change fighters. Along the West Coast ...
When sea otters were reintroduced along the coastlines of islands in Southern California and British Columbia, researchers saw kelp forests return to areas that were destroyed by sea urchins. But how ...
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