A new study published in PLOS Climate demonstrates that otters have helped kelp forests in central California overcome environmental threats and grow better than ever. Scientists from the Monterey ...

Scientists say concentrations of these compounds in otters are a guide to levels of pollution in the environment. The substances can leach out from products, getting into drains and sewage ...

For years, the regulations about who could hunt sea otters in Alaska were confusing. Many thought hunters must be at least ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. I write about the ocean, climate change, and the future of our planet. Along the coast of British Columbia, Canada, researchers have been ...