For years, Rikke Jeppesen has been setting traps in the slough's delicate ecosystem, trying to catch green crabs ... The California sea otter population now hovers around 3,000, a far cry ...

In 2014, a researcher was grabbing crabs from traps when he witnessed a sea otter consume about 30 green crabs in an hour.

Sea otters are the smallest marine mammals on earth. They have well rounded teeth adapted for crushing shells of crabs, urchins ... Bixby (a.k.a. Otter 1346) is one of the otter mums out in ...

A frightening phenomenon that's making seawater more acidic, spelling disaster for many marine animals, from plankton and coral up the food chain to sea stars, salmon ... Sign our petition to help ...

crabs, and sea urchins. Their super strong bite allows sea otters to eat slower prey and stay fueled. Plus, they eat animals, like sea urchins, that eat up kelp forests. The sea otter’s diet ...