A study last year strengthened the link between recovering sea otter populations and the long-term health of kelp forests – ...

By the time he is grown, he’ll be able to hold his breath for eight minutes underwater. Like river otters, sea otter pups also need swimming lessons from their parents. Baby sea otters spend a lot of ...

Since sea otters would likely be a protected species, Bacchieri says hunting would no longer be a concern. She also says re-introducing sea otters would help reduce sea urchin over-population, since ...

Generally, the lives of forest-dwelling deer and urchin-loving otters have little ... As we face a future of uncertainty, let the trout-eating, sea otter-stalking, seal-dragging wolves be an ...

When the blast off begins in early April for a fourth edition of the Life Time Grand Prix, this time at the new Life Time Sea Otter Classic Gravel, a new generation of off-road racers will steal ...

Just a few administrative details need to be worked out before kelp-killing purple sea urchins start getting hammered off the Oregon ... in an effort to protect the near-shore kelp forests they have ...

Dr Hobday said having more groper in Tasmania could help reduce the rise in urchin barrens that wipe ... more valuable for its potential role in eating sea urchins than in being eaten by humans." ...