“It’s a paradox. The deep sea is highly connected, but also incredibly fragile,” said Dr. O’Hara. “Understanding how life is distributed and moves through this vast environment is essential if we want ...

No, this isn’t the setting of a romantic novel – it’s Carmel-by-the-Sea, a real-life coastal haven tucked along California’s Monterey Peninsula that seems to exist in a parallel universe where stress ...

Yes, there are daily parties around the pool at the Boatslip Resort, as well as dance events at the Crown & Anchor, such as ...

In April 2023, fishermen caught a Eurasian otter in their net in the Karnali River, western Nepal, and reported the finding to researchers. A new study now confirms that this marks the northernmost ...

Asilomar State Beach has tide pools and soft sand dunes. The Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History teaches about local ...

They may be cute, but they’re helping to combat climate change the only way they know how.

“The sea otter are going to dig those up and consume them.” By the time an otter becomes wolf prey, it can deliver a big dose to the apex predator. “We see this in other instances with fish.

On a small island near Gustavus, a wolf pack has decimated the local deer population – and started feeding on sea otters instead. The shift A single dead wolf near Gustavus kicked off a sweeping ...

Sea otters are back, and their return is a breath of fresh air for the waters of Monterey Bay. Marine ecologists Brent Hughes and Kat Beheshti reveal how re-planting seagrass, along with help from ...

Overhunting The main reason sea otters are threatened and endangered today is due to overhunting. During the 18th to 19th centuries, hunters heavily pursued sea otters for their thick fur.

The fur trade proved particularly devastating, with the luxuriously dense fur of sea otters—containing up to one million hairs per square inch, the densest of any mammal—making them prime targets for ...