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“The giant otter is the top aquatic predator in these wetlands, and its diet consists almost entirely of fish, so its presence contributes significantly to maintaining healthy ecosystems.” While giant ...
Individual leopard seals specialize in specific prey types despite being generalist species, reshaping ecosystem dynamics.
Pollution from rivers in Wales is affecting the marine environment and "suffocating our sea", campaigners have warned. WWF ...
River otters can have negative impacts on other animals. One example is a large population of common snapping turtles that was studied for more than 15 years in Canada. Powerful mouths and sharp ...
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When Otters Were Lion Sized - MSNImagine an otter the size of a lion—because they once existed. In this video, we dive into the fossil record to uncover the story of giant prehistoric otters, their powerful jaws, and the ...
LONDON, June 19 (Reuters) - Britain has issued tougher new environmental rules for fossil fuel projects with implications for the development of two vast North Sea oil and gas fields by Shell ...
Reintroduction sea otters. Image via Unsplash. Kelp forests provide a rich environment that supports diverse prey species critical to sea otter diets. While sea otters don’t typically eat kelp ...
Along the Pacific coastline, from Alaska to California, an underwater environmental success story is unfolding beneath the waves. Sea otters, those charismatic marine mammals known for floating on ...
Some coastal wolves in Alaska, U.S., have toxic levels of mercury in their bodies after shifting from a terrestrial diet of deer and moose to a marine diet heavy with sea otters, new research ...
Fishery ecosystem stability, requiring balanced biomass and biodiversity, is vital for sustainability but is being threatened by fishing and global warming. Here, we developed an Ecopath model for the ...
1 College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Hebei Minzu Normal University, Chengde, Hebei, China 2 Hebei Key Laboratory of Mountain Geological Environment, Chengde, Hebei, China 3 College of ...
Coastal land cover (LC) is in constant flux and shaped by human activity and natural forces. These shifts have profound implications for climate resilience, as LC change can either enhance or diminish ...
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