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 ...

"Sea otters vary in how often they use tools," said study author Chris Law, an early career provost fellow at the University of Texas at Austin. "The females are likely using tools to overcome ...

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 ...

A devastating sea star plague triggered an unexpected ecological shift, creating a mussel boom that sea otters turned into a ...

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 ...

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 ...

New research led by Monterey Bay Aquarium reveals a surprising ripple effect in coastal ecosystems: the collapse of one ...