Northern sea otters, once hunted to the brink of extinction along Alaska's Panhandle, have made a spectacular comeback by gobbling some of the state's finest seafood—and fishermen are not happy about the competition.
Ecology
May 17, 2018
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Alligators on the beach. Killer whales in rivers. Mountain lions miles from the nearest mountain.
Ecology
May 7, 2018
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University of Wyoming researchers have been studying how best to bolster the southern sea otter population, which suffers from low genetic diversity and has been further ravaged by Toxoplasma brain disease and others, shark ...
Ecology
May 1, 2018
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Sea turtles use their flippers to handle prey despite the limbs being evolutionarily designed for locomotion, a discovery by Monterey Bay Aquarium researchers published today in PeerJ.
Ecology
Mar 28, 2018
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Researchers from Cardiff University's Otter Project have discovered that genetically distinct populations of wild otters from across the UK have their own regional odours for communicating vital information to each other. ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 13, 2017
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A massive, wolf-sized otter that lived about 6 million years ago may have been a dominant predator in its time, according to a new study analyzing the animal's jaws.
Archaeology
Nov 9, 2017
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A sea otter's survival depends on their ability to catch and eat prey. Unlike most marine mammals, sea otters lack a thick layer of blubber to insulate them from the frigid waters of the Pacific Ocean. Instead, they rely ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 25, 2017
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The skinned carcass of a sea otter was found on a California beach, and investigators are trying to determine how it died and who took the pelt.
Ecology
Oct 19, 2017
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Otters can learn how to solve puzzles by watching and copying each other, new research shows.
Plants & Animals
Aug 29, 2017
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Researchers in Canada have taken a significant step towards enabling secure quantum communication via moving satellites, as announced by the Canadian Government in April 2017.
Quantum Physics
Jun 6, 2017
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