The return of sea otters, a top predator, to a California estuary is helping slow erosion and restore the estuary’s degraded geology. A sea otter in the estuarine water of Elkhorn Slough ...

A southern sea otter in California eats crab. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the ...

But at California’s Elkhorn Slough, a reserve where about 120 southern sea otters live, the cute apex predators have led to ...

who has been a regular at the crab buffet. Sea otters are listed as threatened by the Endangered Species Act, and they absolutely love to eat the European green crab. In fact, just a small group ...