Watch this clever sea otter trade its prized sea pebble for a fish, then read all about how clever these creatures are.

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Recently, a couple of baby otters got to go to a swim class. They live at a nature center in California, and they have to ...

Abstract: Tactile sensing is indispensable for underwater operations, as it provides critical feedback on contact information and environmental interactions. Although existing sensors, such as optical ...

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“We are watching the end of Willapa Bay’s ecosystem in real time,” says shellfish farmer Warren Cowell, just after tallying the 59,829 European green crab caught in the Port of Peninsula in Nahcotta ...

As you explore in Heartopia, you'll find Animal Troughs scattered throughout each region. These are locations where you can offer food to the local wildlife, building up a foundational relationship ...

The last sighting of sea otters in the lower 48 states before their re-introduction in 1969 was reported by the Willapa Harbor Pilot and in a June 1913, Chinook Observer article: “The first otter seen ...

NAHCOTTA — “We are watching the end of Willapa Bay’s ecosystem in real time,” says shellfish farmer Warren Cowell, just after tallying the 59,829 European green crab caught in the Port of Peninsula in ...

Hosts Kaitlen Daigle and Lauren Phinney sit down with Denise Higginbotham, Senior Zoological Specialist at SeaWorld San Diego, to talk about otters. Fun fact: Sea otters are incredibly soft because ...

Sea otters were hunted to extinction in Washington by 1910, but about 3,000 have returned after translocation efforts. Conservationists say the species is a "keystone" animal that helps protect kelp ...