Researchers believe otters could be a potential solution for controlling an invasive green crab species that's invaded ecosystems up and down the West Coast.

A recent study found sea otters are eating thousands of green crabs at a California reserve, reducing the invasive species’ population.

At Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, a newly-reinvigorated population of native southern sea otters has eaten so many invasive European green crabs that researchers say the ...

But somewhere in the middle of her research project, a strange thing happened ... She believes it was the return of native sea otters, in greater numbers. “Given that the of population size ...

DESCRIPTION: Sea otters use their rear flippers to move and their flat, muscular tails to steer. They have an exceptional sense of smell, hearing, and eyesight above water and below. Lacking blubber, ...

Visitors to Whiffin Spit in Sooke are being urged by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) to keep their distance from an overly ...

But to her surprise, Jeppesen learned there was a much simpler way to remove the crabs in the slough she studied: furry and hungry sea otters. Sea otters are rare in most ecosystems after they ...