Dive into the secret world of sea otters! 🦦

Find Big discount for Fish and Aquatic products here

[ad_1]

ALT

An animated image of a brown sea otter with a blonde face swimming underwater. It pauses while looking around, then continues swimming towards the right, kicking with powerful, big back flippers as small bubbles escape from its nose and fur.

An animated image of the dark silhouette of a sea otter swimming past a towering stalk of giant kelp, pausing, then turning to continue its underwater search in the blue abyss of the ocean.

Teri Nicholson, senior research biologist at Monterey Bay Aquarium, has an otterly important job studying sea otters along the California coast. Southern sea otters are the glue that holds important coastal environments, like kelp forests, together, healthy, and in balance.

An animated image of a woman with brown and grey hair wearing a blue jacket speaking to the viewer. She stands on the back deck of the Aquarium next to a viewing scope on a tripod with the waves of the bay slowly moving in behind her.

A recently published study led by Aquarium researchers amplifies the significant role these mighty mustelids play within kelp forest habitats. By eating the grazers (like abalone and urchins) that eat kelp, sea otters maintain that delicate balance…