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

now that scientists have discovered that kelp forests temporarily store roughly 20 times more carbon per acre than woodest forests on land. Fortunately, sea otters have emerged as the unsuspecting ...

Last summer, the Vancouver Aquarium started offering sea otter encounters, and the Straight had the chance to see what it was like to interact a little more closely with the aquarium’s fluffiest ...

Mar. 8, 2021 — Sea otters maintain the balance of kelp forest ecosystems by controlling populations of sea urchins, which are voracious kelp grazers. Since 2014, however, California's kelp ...

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All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Kelp Keeper Take on a vital role in the ecosystem in this action-packed bullet hell. Control a charming sea otter and protect the kelp forest from an ...

HABITAT: Sea otters inhabit coastal waters, usually less than half a mile from shore. Their typical haunts include precipitous rocky shores, barrier reefs, tidewater stones, and dense kelp forests.

Bixby (a.k.a. Otter 1346) is one of the otter mums out in the kelp forests of Monterey. She's only been known to the Monterey Bay Aquarium Sea Otter Research and Conservation team (SORAC ...

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

The Aquarium’s Marine Species Report Card aims to inform the public about the health of crucial marine species in California.

THEY HELP TO PROTECT THE KELP BEDS OFF SHORE BY CONSUMING SEA URCHINS, AND THEY HELP TO PROTECT THE SEA BEDS HERE IN THE SLOUGH" "SO HEALTHY SEA OTTERS MEAN A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT." THE ELKHORN ...

“Because otters help maintain kelp ecosystems by holding urchins in check, any statewide recovery of otters that can be achieved may facilitate statewide recovery of kelp ecosystems.” Though ...