A female sea otter at Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium celebrated her 14th birthday Sunday, indulging in a treat made just for ...

According to Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium, sea otters “love to play and are extremely dexterous,” and “can use their paws to open clam shells and explore objects.” Credit: Point Defiance Zoo and ...

Of the Kiks.adi Clan of Sitka, Ixt’Ik’Eesh has been harvesting herring fish eggs for most of his life. His earliest ...

Their ability to adapt and learn is truly remarkable. Sea otters are the tool users of the marine world. They crack open clams and sea urchins with rocks, making them one of the few non-human animals ...

Smaller crabs eat algae, seaweed, worms, small clams, and shrimp. Larger crabs eat squid ... more diverse diet because of the greater variety of prey found in the ocean. Sea otters enjoy eating crabs, ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the wake of the sea star die-off, mussels became a major prey surplus for sea otters, revealing a surprising link between the adjacent rocky intertidal and kelp forest ecosystems. The new ...