This sea otter, about to eat a crab in the Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, is cute, sure. But more importantly, it's indirectly combating some harmful effects of agricultural ...

All otters are adorable. That’s as much of a fact as the existence of gravity. But among the 13 or so living otter species, none generate as many “Aww”s as Enhydra lutris, the sea otter.

Sea otters are cute as heck, but they have an even more important quality. In case you needed another reason to love these hand-holding marine mammals. by Cassie Freund. Oct. 2, 2019.

These Southern sea otters were spotted in Monterey’s Elkhorn Slough. Tyson V. Rininger/Monterey Bay Aquarium. A mangrove or a tidal marsh like Elkhorn Slough traps loads of carbon.. “They’re ...

"We calculated that the current otter population here eats somewhere between 50,000 and 120,000 green crabs a year." Green crabs are originally from Europe and arrived on the West coast sometime ...

Adorable and playful, otters consistently rank among the top reasons for visits to aquariums and zoos. Out in the wild, though, the furry creatures are currently stuck in the middle of a heated ...

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Sea otter pelts were once considered the most valuable in the world. Yet despite unsustainable harvesting that began in the 1700s and lasted until the early 1900s, this marvelous species survived.

Studies have also indicated that sea otters could help sequester up to 10 million tons of carbon in the ocean by allowing the kelp to grow. This makes the otters worth over $700 million in the ...

Sea otters are furry and photogenic, but those aren't the only reasons to save them from extinction. Turns out that just by eating, they can preserve their entire estuarine ecosystems.