Using only fins, divers wild-harvest abalone off eastern Australia’s coast. The marine snail, known for its beautiful ...

After centuries of overhunting by fur traders, sea otters have largely disappeared from the Oregon and Northern California ...

Bull kelp provides food and shelter for salmon, Southern Resident orcas, sunflower stars, pinto abalone, rockfish, harbor ...

For example, sea otters in the Pacific Ocean eat sea urchins as part of their diet. Sea urchins in turn eat the kelp that grows in the ocean. If there aren’t enough sea otters to keep the sea ...

Scientists are worried about chemicals from burned materials (heavy metals, plastics, fire retardants) polluting the ocean.

A sea otter off the coast of Vancouver Island is the prime suspect in a string of river otter deaths, according to a local wildlife enthusiast and researcher. Mollie Cameron, who is both a ...

Sea otters also serve an important role as a keystone species in the environment, by eating invasive crustaceans like green crabs, and by restoring and maintaining kelp forests. “There’s also ...