When kelp forests disappear ... By snacking on sea urchins, they keep urchin populations in check. Which is good, because sea otters are pretty hungry for fluffy, four-foot long carnivores.

Why do sea otters hold hands? As you’ll see in this video, it is actually a rather clever sea otter survival strategy!

Using only fins, divers wild-harvest abalone off eastern Australia’s coast. The marine snail, known for its beautiful ...

“Then when they are done, they push the urchin skeleton ... like sea stars and sea otters, the urchins took over and “kind of clear cut the beautiful, healthy kelp forest” that helped ...

Bull kelp provides food and shelter for salmon, Southern Resident orcas, sunflower stars, pinto abalone, rockfish, harbor ...

Inside, an experiment is playing out that gives a badly-needed boost to Northern California’s kelp forests — underwater cathedrals of green and gold that nearly vanished from the north coast a ...

That their return would curb purple urchin populations and allow ... sunflower stars — and potentially sea otters — could broadly restore kelp forests. There’s little purple urchins can ...

HABITAT: Sea otters inhabit coastal waters, usually less than half a mile from shore. Their typical haunts include precipitous rocky shores, barrier reefs, tidewater stones, and dense kelp forests.

more than 95% of Northern California’s bull kelp forests have been destroyed — a result of numerous ongoing challenges, including rising ocean temperatures and an explosion in the sea urchin ...

Control a charming sea otter and protect the kelp forest from an endless onslaught of devious sea critters. Skillfully dodge attacks, grab your prey, and eat them all at the surface for a huge ...