One of the most invasive species in the marine environment.” Researchers make astonishing discovery while studying sea otters ...

MONTEREY, Calif. (KGO) -- When we first met the hungry otters of Elkhorn Slough last year, they were chowing down on a species of burrowing crabs blamed for destabilizing the shoreline.

ELKHORN SLOUGH – Though sea otters are an unofficial ... of the otters is benefitting the overpopulation of invasive species. Investigators for this study used data on otter foraging to ...

At Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve ... king crab and other species. But at the reserve, otters have almost wiped the crabs out, helping the estuary's ecosystem come back ...

MONTEREY, California (KGO) — When we first met the hungry otters of Elkhorn Slough last year, they were chowing down on a species of burrowing crabs blamed for destabilizing the shoreline.

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

Researchers estimate southern sea otters eat up to 120,000 European green crabs per year at the Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine ... help protect those native species,” says study co-author ...

At Elkhorn Slough National ... a protected federal species. From that small group they've begun a slow comeback. The first male sea otter arrived in the Elkhorn Slough, 35 miles north of Bixby ...