The most adorable, silly-looking baby king crab, accidentally collected by NOAA researchers in the Gulf of Mexico, has ...

As invasive green crabs wreak havoc on California's estuaries, a new study has found that a restored sea otter population ...

West coast states are spending millions to protect their inland waterways from invasive crabs. In some places, otters are ...

The miniature crustacean has won hearts online, with the video going viral on social media. The clip has amassed some 9.1 ...

A recent study found sea otters are eating thousands of green crabs at a California reserve, reducing the invasive species’ population.

Now, biologists have identified a new, furry ally in the fight against European green crabs: sea otters. At the Elkhorn ...

Researchers recently found that the species should be split into six, maybe even seven, genetically distinct groups.

MONTEREY, Calif. (KGO) -- When we first met the hungry otters of Elkhorn Slough last year, they were chowing down on a species of burrowing crabs blamed for destabilizing the shoreline. Thinning ...

Tiny crop circles made by sand dollars on the beach,” the Seaside Aquarium posted on their Facebook page, describing the photo shown. “Unlike sea stars and urchins who use tube feet for locomotion, ...

Jeppesen was seeking solutions for the havoc green crabs had caused —damaging sea grass beds in multiple states, eating small prey crucial to other species’ survival, and persisting despite ...

At Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, a newly-reinvigorated population of native southern sea otters has eaten so many invasive European green crabs that researchers say the ...