European green crabs are small, measuring just four inches across. But since they were first introduced in the 1980s, these ...

In California, southern sea otters have become unexpected defenders against invasive green crabs, which were originally ...

"Then when they started to move, he'd start to move, too." The situation is rare but not unique — a sea otter in California became notorious for chasing surfers and hijacking their boards off ...

Sea otters are a rare species as humans excessively hunted them in the 18th and 19th Century. They were mainly hunted for ...

An invasive species had taken over ecosystems across the West Coast and was threatening to dominate another one in Monterey County, California, when ecologist Rikke Jeppesen began her research two ...

By Tim Didion and Drew Tuma Click here for updates on this story MONTEREY, California (KGO) -- When we first met the hungry otters ...

SOOKE — A sea otter has been seen clambering onto a surfboard and following surfers off Vancouver Island, prompting reminders ...

Southern sea otters were nearly hunted to extinction in the 19th century for their furs, only gaining a measure of protection ...

California's offshore seafloors have been missing a massive, colorful predator that keeps kelp-munching sea urchins in check.

Now, biologists have identified a new, furry ally in the fight against European green crabs: sea otters. At the Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve in California, hungry southern ...

While there are other animals that eat green crabs, their population only fell in an area of Central California when the ...