Otters are well loved for a variety of reasons, including their adorable personalities and affinity for holding hands. But ...

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

But at California’s Elkhorn Slough, a reserve where about 120 southern sea otters live, the cute apex predators have led to green crabs’ demise by eating up to 120,000 of the invasive species ...

Marine ecologists Brent Hughes and Kat Beheshti reveal how re-planting seagrass, along with help from a healthy population of crab-eating otters, have transformed and stabilized an entire marine ...

She believes it was the return of native sea otters, in greater numbers. “Given that the of population size is about 100 and 120 currently in Elkhorn Slough, they can probably eat somewhere ...

In late 2020, a female coastal wolf collared for a study on predation patterns unexpectedly died in southeastern Alaska.

Southern sea otters are making a comeback along the coast of California—and they're chowing down on invasive European green crabs. Michael Yang European green crabs are small, measuring just ...

A southern sea otter eating a female green crab carrying orange eggs at Elkhorn Slough near Monterey Bay in California But researchers in California's Elkhorn Slough (pronounced "slew") have been ...

SAN FRANCISCO – A California ecosystem has gotten a big boost from an adorable, fluffy and hungry friend. At Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, a newly-reinvigorated population ...