Researchers estimate southern sea otters eat up to 120,000 European green crabs per year at the Elkhorn Slough National ...
West coast states are spending millions to protect their inland waterways from invasive crabs. In some places, otters are ...
A recent study found sea otters are eating thousands of green crabs at a California reserve, reducing the invasive species’ population.
In California, southern sea otters have become unexpected defenders against invasive green crabs, which were originally ...
As invasive green crabs wreak havoc on California's estuaries, a new study has found that a restored sea otter population ...
Hundreds of people were ordered to evacuate and part of Highway 1 in Northern California was closed ... to leave Moss Landing and the Elkhorn Slough area, The Mercury News reported.
SAN FRANCISCO – A California ecosystem has gotten a big boost from an adorable, fluffy and hungry friend. At Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, a newly-reinvigorated population ...
Yes, says ecologist Rikke Jeppesen, whose team at Elkhorn Slough Reserve on the California coast published the recent study. "It's really a win-win scenario if we can support a native threatened ...
SAN FRANCISCO – A California ecosystem has gotten a big boost from an adorable, fluffy and hungry friend. At Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, a newly-reinvigorated population ...