Scientists on California’s Central Coast recently spotted a giant, evasive seven-arm octopus while on a research expedition ...

The Community Seafood Program buys seafood from local fishing boats and donates it to local food relief organizations.

Point Lobos State Reserve lives up to the billing of “the greatest meeting of land and water in the world” thanks to a ...

Their disappearance, combined with a massive marine heat wave called “the blob,” set off a cascade of catastrophic ecological changes that turned these kelp biodiverse hot spots into vast sea urchin ...

(THE CONVERSATION) When fire broke out at the world’s largest battery energy storage facility in January 2025, its thick smoke blanketed surrounding wetlands, farms and nearby communities on the ...

SEATTLE — The Seattle Aquarium has a new resident making a splash. Ruby, a southern sea otter from Monterey Bay Aquarium, arrived in Seattle this week and is already settling into her new home ...

MONTEREY — On-call staff members at the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s sea otter rescue and conservation program rescued a six-month-old otter stranded on San Carlos Beach in July. She was emaciated and ...

A southern sea otter with a purple sea urchin in Monterey Bay, California. (Credit: Morgan Rector) (CN) — Sea otters are voracious eaters, munching away on shellfish, urchins and other invertebrates ...

SANTA CRUZ — When a colleague passed the photo along to sea otter expert Gena Bentall, she thought it was fake. “The first thing I said was ‘That is 100% AI (artificial intelligence),” Bentall said ...

Most people agree that Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift are “otterly” adorable together. The 30-somethings really did manage to find love, it seems, and plenty of people are happily benefiting from their ...