Jan. 27—Less than two weeks after a huge fire in Moss Landing at one of the world's largest battery storage plants, scientists affiliated with San Jose State University have discovered unusually ...

A fluffy otter pup floats alone on the surface of Elkhorn Slough, waiting for its mother to return from a dive. It squeals in agitation, then quiets as she surfaces, holding a fat innkeeper worm in ...

Much of the Elkhorn Slough estuary was diked in the past to cut off tidal exchange and allow for farming in former wetlands. Many of these areas still have only limited tidal exchange today.

Today, Elkhorn Slough has the highest concentration of otters in all of California — about 100 in total. Hughes says this means that "the hotel is full. The no vacancy light's on.

It was really amazing,” Silliman said. The researchers decided to conduct another test, going to 13 tidal creeks in the Elkhorn Slough estuary to perform a before-after comparison.

Today, Elkhorn Slough has the highest concentration of otters in all of California — about 100 in total. Hughes says this means that "the hotel is full. The no vacancy light's on.

The new study, published in Nature on Jan. 31, combined a decade’s worth of data from large-scale surveys across 13 tidal creeks of Elkhorn Slough, and small-scale field experiments at five ...

Remarkable changes have occurred in the landscape as these adorable animals recolonize their former habitat in the Elkhorn Slough, a salt marsh-dominated coastal estuary in Monterey County.

This article was originally published in UCSB’s ‘ The Current ‘. Sea otters are making an impact as they return to the wetlands of Central California. Remarkable changes have occurred in the landscape ...

In the several decades since sea otters began to recolonize their former habitat in Elkhorn Slough, a salt marsh-dominated coastal estuary in central California, remarkable changes have occurred ...