A similar issue has been observed in polar bears. Scientists stunned by disturbing discovery made while studying wolves in ...

Southeast Alaska, for example, where just over 400 otters were returned, now has 25,000. There are over 125,000 sea otters alive in the Pacific Ocean today . The success is widely regarded as a ...

An orphaned sea otter pup discovered alone on an Alaska beach is now getting 24/7 care, rescuers said. The young otter " was ...

Sea otters, on the other hand, had shot up from 25% to 57% of the wolves' diet across the same timeframe. A member of the wolf pack stalking a fish in a stream. (Image credit: Oregon State ...

Coastal Alaska wolves exposed to high mercury concentrations from eating sea otters. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 11, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 05 / 250528131641.htm ...

When otters arrived in new regions of Alaska, Washington, and Oregon in the '60s and '70s, it was still legal to hunt them. The Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1973, ...

For years, the regulations about who could hunt sea otters in Alaska were confusing. Many thought hunters must be at least one-quarter Alaska Native and belong to a coastal tribe.

In late 2020, a female coastal wolf collared for a study on predation patterns unexpectedly died in southeastern Alaska. The wolf, No. 202006, was only four years old. "We spent quite a bit of ...

In Alaska, sea otters grow even bigger, with males tipping the scales at about 100 pounds, says Rangel, who has worked in marine mammal rescue and rehabilitation. That means a sea otter is roughly ...

Some coastal wolves in Alaska 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. Mercury ...

Two sea otter pups from Alaska are getting settled in at the Minnesota Zoo after being orphaned in the wild — a high-risk situation that would have drastically reduced their chances to survive ...

In Alaska, Hungry Wolves Have Started Eating Sea Otters After devouring their island’s deer, these canines may be the first land predators to rely on sea otters as a main food source ...