Otters are well loved for a variety of reasons, including their adorable personalities and affinity for holding hands. But ...

Just by eating sea urchins and destructive shellfish, sea otters are keeping kelp forests healthy and coastal erosion at bay.

A recent study found sea otters are eating thousands of green crabs at a California reserve, reducing the invasive species’ population.

Some otters rely on tools to bust open hard-shelled prey items like snails, and a new study suggests this tool use is helping them to survive as their favorite, easier-to-eat foods disappear.

Depending on its habitat, the diet of an otter can vary. What do otters eat? Otters are carnivores, so their diets primarily consist of meat. What type of meat depends on what's available.

West coast states are spending millions to protect their inland waterways from invasive crabs. In some places, otters are just eating them.

Marine ecologists Brent Hughes and Kat Beheshti reveal how re-planting seagrass, along with help from a healthy population of crab-eating otters, have transformed and stabilized an entire marine ...

Caption A Southern sea otter foraging and eating mussels in Monterey Bay. Research led by Monterey Bay Aquarium published in the journal Science Advances shows that a mass die-off of ochre sea ...

MONTEREY, California (KGO) — When we first met the hungry otters of Elkhorn Slough last year, they were chowing down on a species of burrowing crabs blamed for destabilizing the shoreline ...

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

Sea otters are back, and their return is a breath of fresh air for the waters of Monterey Bay. Marine ecologists Brent Hughes and Kat Beheshti reveal how ...