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

Out-of-control invasive species has met its match: Cute and hungry otters West coast states are spending millions to protect their inland waterways from invasive crabs.

Until 1911 the unregulated killing of sea otters continued in most parts of the animal’s geographic range from northern Japan, across the Aleutians and down the U.S. coast to Baja California.

"So in other words, you can say that sea otters are our assistant managers of the estuary for invasive species control." What's more, they're biologically predisposed to eating a lot of crabs, she ...

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The otters were listed as threatened and named a protected federal species in 1977. From that small group they've begun a slow comeback. The first male sea otter arrived in the Elkhorn Slough, 35 ...

Sea otters were hunted to local extinction more than 100 years ago. Their absence left a hole in Oregon Coast ecosystems that's being felt now more than ever.

There’s also a southern sea otter population in Central California, counting several thousand animals; it’s listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act in California.

Just by eating sea urchins and destructive shellfish, sea otters are keeping kelp forests healthy and coastal erosion at bay.

So in other words, you can say that sea otters are our assistant managers of the estuary for invasive species control. SUMMERS: That was ecologist Rikke Jeppesen of the Elkhorn Slough Reserve on ...