researchers followed 196 tagged sea otters over several years. With the help of dedicated volunteer “otter spotters,” the researchers tracked the feeding habits, tool use and overall health of ...

It’s a beautiful example of culture in the animal world—a tradition of tool use handed down through the family line. The sea otter’s clever use of tools doesn’t just benefit themselves ...

Sea otters are critical players in marine ecosystems and are a keystone species, meaning they have a profound effect on their ...

Sea otters are on the edge of extinction ... One Step Closer – Legislation to let parents use public funds for private education heads to the Governor. Josh Hinkle speaks one-on-one with ...

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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 ...

Every day California sea otters spend 10 to 12 hours hunting and ... What is surprising (to those who think of tool use as a primate skill, or at least a terrestrial one) is that otters use ...

Aboard a quiet, full catamaran, legendary conservationist Jane Goodall spoke about her latest mission: supporting the survival of Monterey Bay's charming, yet still vulnerable, icon—the sea otter.

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 ...