Sea otters use tools to open hard-shelled prey, saving their teeth, research reveals
Sea Otters Have Helped Bolster California’s Kelp Forest. A study that looks back more than 100 years shows that where the animals have thrived, underwater forests have, too.
Otterly Amazing: How Sea Otters Are Saving California’s Coasts
How Sea Otters Are Protecting the California Coast Against Climate Change
As sea otters recolonize California estuary, they restore its degraded geology
Against All Odds, Sea Otters Lead the Charge in Estuary Restoration
New study shows sea otters helped prevent widespread California kelp forest declines over the past century — kelp forests are more extensive and resilient to climate change where sea otters have reoccupied the California coastline during the last century.
Sea otters helped prevent widespread California kelp forest declines over the past century
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