One exception is the sea otter (Enhydra lutris), which only ... Otter Quiz An interesting method for telling adult male and ...

For generations, southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis ... This was particularly true for female otters, who are smaller than their male counterparts and have a weaker bite force.

Here’s how it works. Why it's awesome: Meet the chungungo — also known as the marine otter and sea cat — the smallest sea otter in the world. The chungungo rarely grows beyond 45 inches (114 ...

The remaining three otters are: 15-year-old Kira and 18-year-old May, both female, in Toba Aquarium in Mie Prefecture; and 16-year-old male Riro in Marine World in Fukuoka. One sea otter lived for ...

While there are other animals that eat green crabs, their population only fell in an area of Central California when the ...

The first male sea otters arrived in Elkhorn Slough in the 1990s, said Kerstin Wasson, a research coordinator for the reserve. When female otters came in the early 2000s, Wasson said, they began ...

A southern sea otter eating a female green crab carrying orange eggs ... From that small group they've begun a slow comeback. The first male sea otter arrived in the Elkhorn Slough, 35 miles ...

Sea otter 841 foraging in shallow water in Santa Cruz, California It’s not just river otters making news this year. A female sea otter has been stealing boards from surfers off the coast of ...

She is a sea ... Otter 723 was re-captured and sent to live at the Marine Wildlife Veterinary Care and Research Center in Santa Cruz. There, scientists soon realised she was pregnant with a female ...

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 of ...

It wasn't until 1977 that the otters were listed as threatened and named a protected federal species. From that small group they've begun a slow comeback. The first male sea otter arrived in the ...