Monterey County has long been known as a favorite playground for celebrities. Clint Eastwood still owns the Mission Ranch in Carmel (diners at the restaurant have been treated to his piano playing), ...

There is nothing quite like a California road trip. With destinations like Monterey, the Sierra Nevada range, San Francisco, ...

Elevated concentrations of heavy metals have been detected at the Elkhorn Slough Reserve by scientists following a recent fire at Vistra Moss Landing Power Plant and Energy Storage Facility.

Elevated concentrations of heavy metals have been detected at the Elkhorn Slough Reserve by scientists from San Jose State University’s Moss Landing Marine Laboratories following a recent fire ...

But at California’s Elkhorn Slough, a reserve where about 120 southern sea otters live, the cute apex predators have led to green crabs’ demise by eating up to 120,000 of the invasive species ...

The first male sea otter arrived in the Elkhorn Slough, 35 miles north of Bixby Cove, in the late 1990s. Only in the early 2000s did females arrive, and soon thereafter pups, said Wasson.

Elkhorn Slough is a special place. Snaking 7 miles inland from Moss Landing, the protected tidal marshland encompasses over 4,200 acres of diverse ecosystems. Mark Silberstein was living on a ...

Elkhorn Slough is a special place. Snaking 7 miles inland from Moss Landing, ... California sea otters recently made headlines for their work revitalizing kelp forests off the Central Coast.

Elkhorn Slough is a special place. Snaking 7 miles inland from Moss Landing, ... California sea otters recently made headlines for their work revitalizing kelp forests off the Central Coast.

Sea otters at Elkhorn Slough in California. Otters need to eat around 25% of their body weight daily, or about 9-11 kilograms (20-25 pounds). Image by Judy Gallagher (cc-by-2.0).