As invasive green crabs wreak havoc on California's estuaries, a new study has found that a restored sea otter population ...

West coast states are spending millions to protect their inland waterways from invasive crabs. In some places, otters are ...

An invasive species had taken over ecosystems across the West Coast and was threatening to dominate another one in Monterey County, California, when ecologist Rikke Jeppesen began her research two ...

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

European green crabs are small, measuring just four inches across. But since they were first introduced in the 1980s, these ...

Jeppesen was seeking solutions for the havoc green crabs had caused —damaging sea grass beds in multiple states, eating small prey crucial to other species’ survival, and persisting despite ...

Researchers believe otters could be a potential solution for controlling an invasive green crab species that's invaded ecosystems up and down the West Coast.

At Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, a newly-reinvigorated population of native southern sea otters has eaten so many invasive European green crabs that researchers say the ...

Workers with the Elkhorn Slough show off a green crab. Researchers recently published data that shows sea otters are helping curb the green crab population. (Photo courtesy of Rikke Jeppesen ...

At Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, a newly-reinvigorated population of native southern sea otters has eaten so many invasive European green crabs that researchers say the ...