When sea otters were reintroduced along the coastlines of islands in Southern California and British Columbia, researchers ...

By keeping sea urchin populations in check, sea otters help maintain healthy kelp forests, which provide habitat for countless marine species and play a role in carbon sequestration, helping to ...

A new study sheds light on the power of keystone species, which could help ecologists in other environments. View on euronews ...

Sea otters help kelp forests recover by controlling sea urchins, but their impact varies. In British Columbia, recovery was ...

To save kelp forests, scientists try breeding sea stars To save kelp forests, scientists try breeding sea stars Massive marine die-off in Russia could threaten endangered sea otters, other ...

After missing from the Oregon coast for more than a century, sea otters are getting a step closer ... kelp forests and controlling invasive sea urchin populations. “They’re the guardians ...

Urchins however are readily consumed by sea otters (keystone species), and by keeping urchin numbers low, otters assure that the kelp forest community remains intact. Bottom-up forces influence ...

Back in the late 1800s, sea otters were hunted for their thick pelts to near extinction. And with them gone, urchin numbers rose, destroying many forests. Today, thanks to protection, sea otter ...

to reduce the otter population and restore local stocks of clams, geoduck, sea urchin, mussels, sea cucumber, abalone, scallops, crab, and octopus. “There are approximately 35 hunters in the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Sea otters have been missing from the Oregon coast for more than a century, and local non-profit Elakha Alliance is trying to bring them back. The marine mammals, which help ...

While working on remote Alaskan islands, he found where sea otters were absent, sea urchin populations mushroomed, overtaking kelp forests. He concluded the small mammal was integral to ...

While working on remote Alaskan islands, he found where sea otters were absent, sea urchin populations mushroomed, overtaking kelp forests. He concluded the small mammal was integral to ...