As invasive green crabs wreak havoc on California's estuaries, a new study has found that a restored sea otter population might be the solution. Yes, says ecologist Rikke Jeppesen, whose team at ...

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 ...

Researchers estimate southern sea otters eat up to 120,000 European green crabs per year at the Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve Sarah Kuta Daily Correspondent Southern sea ...

At Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, a newly-reinvigorated population of native southern sea otters has eaten so many invasive European green crabs that researchers say the ...

So, what had changed in this tiny sliver of the California Coast? She believes it was the return of native sea otters, in greater numbers. “Given that the of population size is about 100 and 120 ...

A sea otter was seen climbing onto a surfboard and following surfers off the coast of Vancouver Island, prompting reminders from Fisheries and Oceans Canada to avoid close interactions with the ...

The hugely popular BBC show Traitors and a hungry (and very brave) otter make our Dawn Chorus round-up today ... or a pride of lionesses chasing down a wounded zebra,’ we wrote of this short clip ...