Cuteness can shift moods and lower cortisol, and science backs it up. Looking at baby animals, like a seal pup blinking on a ...

Utterly charming, otters are web-footed animals that inhabit rivers and seas around North America, Asia, Europe, Africa, and ...

Some coastal wolves in Alaska have toxic levels of mercury in their bodies after shifting from a terrestrial diet of deer and ...

Some coastal wolves in Alaska, U.S., have toxic levels of mercury in their bodies after shifting from a terrestrial diet of deer and moose to a marine diet heavy with sea otters, new research finds.

Monterey County has long been known as a favorite playground for celebrities. Clint Eastwood still owns the Mission Ranch in Carmel (diners at the restaurant have been treated to his piano playing), ...

SEA OTTERS HAVE BEEN ABSENT from the Oregon Coast ever since the early 1900s, victims of the voracious fur trade, but their relationship to coastal tribes is long and special.

Some of their favorite foods are sea urchins, sea stars, crabs, squid, clams, mussels, and snails. Fish represent a smaller part of the sea otter’s diet when compared with the river otter’s diet. By ...

It's not yet known whether the sea otters off the B.C. coast also contain high levels of mercury. Potential link to climate change Back in Alaska, Barst says there's a potential link to climate ...

River otters and sea otters belong to the same family, Mustelidae, which includes weasels, badgers, and wolverines. However, they diverge at the subfamily level. River otters are members of the ...

Otters captivate us with their playful antics and charismatic personalities, but not all otters are the same. While river otters and sea otters might appear similar at first glance, these remarkable ...

Sea otters are critical players in marine ecosystems and are a keystone species, meaning they have a profound effect on their ecosystem. ... A big part of the sea otter’s diet consists of crabs, ...

Four intertidal sites around the peninsula have been surveyed regularly for decades, yielding counts of Pisaster, estimates of mussel coverage, and precise measurements of bed expansion toward the sea ...