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

Sea otters help recover the kelp forests they depend on. Now scientists know how - While threatened by climate change, otters ...

Sea otter mamas are parenting on hard mode. They give birth in the water, to blind, helpless infants who have to be carried ...

When sea otters were reintroduced along the coastlines of islands in Southern California and British Columbia, researchers saw kelp forests return to areas that were destroyed by sea urchins.

The raft featured in the Spy Sea Otter video above is a typical sea otter nursery, with mothers and their tiny pups nestled closely together on their chests. Similar to hand-holding or wrapping in ...

They also play vital roles in carbon sequestration and coastal protection against storm surges. Sea Otter. Image by kelpfish via Depositphotos. Unfortunately, kelp forests have experienced significant ...

Sea otter population growth during the last century has enhanced kelp forest resilience, according to researchers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. When studying sea otters along the coastlines of ...

When a mother sea otter needs to hunt for food, she carefully wraps her pup in a protective blanket of seagrass or kelp to keep them from drifting away with the ocean current. Fortunately ...