Antarctic sea ice is more than just a platform for penguins. The sea ice's high reflectivity influences the whole Earth's ...

Sea otters are proving to be Mother Nature's solution to the prevention of coastal erosion, a recent discovery that further demonstrates how conservation efforts can help to restore an ecosystem ...

The data could provide valuable input for future sustainability work in our oceans. Experts stunned by discovery in kelp ...

Sea otters consume their prey at the surface, ... understanding how changes in one ecosystem impact another is central to developing effective conservation strategies.

Ultimately, there was more species competition off the Golden State, slowing sea otters’ positive impact on the ecosystem. They didn’t have as strong of an effect as they did up north.

The paper reported the welcome news that over the past decade, the Elkhorn sea otters have significantly reduced the impact of the global invaders. "Back in the early 2000s, we would sometime ...

Missing sea otters was a 'mis-balance in our ecosystem,' says marine planning manager Niisii Guujaaw Keena Alwahaidi · CBC Radio · Posted: Dec 27, 2023 11:52 AM EST | Last Updated: December 27, 2023 ...

FILE--In this Jan. 15, 2010, file photo, a a sea otter is seen in Morro Bay, Calif. Bringing sea otters back to a California estuary has helped restore the ecosystem by controlling the number of ...

The otters’ impacts on the green crab population became apparent around 2010, Jeppesen said. In 2014, a researcher was grabbing crabs from traps when he witnessed a sea otter consume about 30 ...

And so it kind of opened up these whole new doors of what a sea otter can actually do in multiple ecosystems. [Narrator] And the sea otters didn’t just positively impact the seagrass.

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 ...

When sea stars fall, sea otters rise: Sea otters benefit from prey boom triggered by loss of ochre sea stars Study shows the importance of keystone predators in connected ecosystems ...