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By keeping urchin populations in check, sea otters prevent these spiny creatures from overgrazing kelp beds, which are essential marine habitats ... They attract ecotourism, drawing visitors eager to ...

The “sequoias of the sea” suck up carbon and shelter special species. They’ve been hit hard, but scientists, surfers, and more are banding together to save them. Marine life in a kelp forest ...

Adorably fuzzy sea otters aren’t just cute. The marine mammals serve a crucial role, helping to restore the giant kelp forests they rely on by removing their top predators, the sea urchins.

Adorably fuzzy sea otters aren’t just cute. The marine mammals serve a crucial role, helping to restore the giant kelp forests they rely on by removing their top predators, the sea urchins. Kelp ...

A sea otter floating above ribbons of kelp is undoubtedly one of nature’s cutest scenes. It’s well known that the marine mammals help make these sea surface ‘pillows’ more abundant ...

When sea otters were reintroduced along the coastlines of islands in Southern California and British Columbia, researchers saw kelp forests return to areas that were destroyed by sea urchins.

New modeling method helped researchers understand why kelp forests returned more slowly in Southern California than in British Columbia. When sea otters were reintroduced along the coastlines of ...

Research has found that the median recovery rate of kelp beds near Malibu was a mere 7% ... and Hestir cautioned between drawing a direct line between any single disturbance — fire included ...

By eating creatures that destroy algae, like sea urchins, otters help maintain towering kelp forests and thick sea-grass beds. Those underwater ... copying Agnes Martin drawings — just making ...