Predators include humans -- otters are one of the subsistence species -- and killer whales. Bald eagles are known to hunt otter pups when other food is scarce. Biologist Jim Bodkin, who studies ...

"To have them back on the landscape after being gone for so long, it's really bringing back that native part of the landscape ...

“We don’t know for sure, but we think that this otter was more of a top predator than living species of otters are,” Tseng says. “Our findings imply that Siamogale could crush much harder and larger ...

In the Pacific Ocean, the recovery of some sea otter populations has reduced urchin numbers, allowing kelp forests to recover and benefiting a diversity of species that rely on kelp as food and ...