A new study shows that hungry sea otters are keeping Monterey Bay’s green crab population in check, one bite at a time.

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

"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 ...

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

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.