In California’s Monterey Bay, where the vast Pacific Ocean meets lush kelp forests, sea otters, especially the females, are becoming more resourceful. These charismatic marine mammals ...

After centuries of overhunting by fur traders, sea otters have largely disappeared from the Oregon and Northern California ...

Meet Ollie, the “Salish Sea Serial Killer,” a cute, furry sea otter with a dark side and a rap sheet longer than the ‘Colwood ...

Researchers hope to revive the population of sunflower sea stars in an effort to support kelp forests along the California ...

Historically, both sea otters and sunflower sea stars were present in kelp forests and can eat a lot of urchins. So while humans can play that predator role in some places, we’re not going to be ...

For example, sea otters in the Pacific Ocean eat sea urchins as part of their diet. Sea urchins in turn eat the kelp that grows in the ocean. If there aren’t enough sea otters to keep the sea ...

HABITAT: Sea otters inhabit coastal waters, usually less than half a mile from shore. Their typical haunts include precipitous rocky shores, barrier reefs, tidewater stones, and dense kelp forests.

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South of the Bay, they’re also the dwellings of sea otters, which in turn protect kelp by feeding on urchins, cracking their shells and slurping their uni, or gonads. Experiments are underway to ...

Sea otters also serve an important role as a keystone species in the environment, by eating invasive crustaceans like green crabs, and by restoring and maintaining kelp forests. “There’s also ...