Photos and videos on social media showed an otter climbing onto a surfboard with a surfer already on it near Victoria, B.C.

In California, southern sea otters have become unexpected defenders against invasive green crabs, which were originally ...

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

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.

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

Southern sea otters were nearly hunted to extinction in the 19th century for their furs, only gaining a measure of protection ...

Trek Bicycle's leaked news about "right-sizing" in March, and Kona Bicycles' sudden "pause" at the Sea Otter Classic, ...

A sea otter has been seen clambering onto a surfboard and following surfers off Vancouver Island, prompting reminders from Fisheries and Oceans Canada to avoid close interactions with the mammals.

"We calculated that the current otter population here eats somewhere between 50,000 and 120,000 green crabs a year." A sea otter eyes its lunch, one of two invasive European green crabs it was ...

Surfers are shown near a sea otter off the waters of Sooke, B.C., in this handout image on Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Doug Clement Photography *MANDATORY CREDIT * SOOKE ...