Local tribes and nonprofits have received a grant to lead the planning effort to bring back the furry mammals, which have ...

Why do sea otters hold hands? As you’ll see in this video, it is actually a rather clever sea otter survival strategy!

love chomping down kelp forests. A drop in sea otter numbers means more sea urchins, which means less kelp forests—less food and cover for other marine species, and less plant matter to create ...

From a litter of newborn puppies to the baby king crab who took the Internet by storm, these tiny creatures never fail to bring smiles to our faces. And while some animals – like sea otters ...

Just a few administrative details need to be worked out before kelp-killing purple sea urchins start getting hammered off the ...

Baby loggerhead turtles can identify specific magnetic signatures, according to a new paper published Wednesday in the journal Nature. “It is amazing that sea turtles have access to a wealth of ...

Wild sea otters are no longer such a rare sight along the eastern coast of Hokkaido, Japan’s northernmost main island. Experts reckon there are now more than 50 of the endangered marine ...

Researchers found a kelp forest decline of more than 90% from 2014-15 off the coast of Sonoma and Mendocino counties, believed to be caused by a marine heatwave and an uptick of sea urchins who ...