Sea otters use tools to access food and reduce tooth damage. Female otters use tools more frequently to meet energy needs, new study finds.
In parts of the ocean where sea otters face stark competition for their favorite kinds of food, some otters are getting by ...
Sea otters - especially females - use tools when feeding to help look after their teeth, reveals new research. The cute ...
Study shows how otters, particularly female ones, use tools to survive a changing world, accessing tougher prey.
By Liz Kimbrough In California’s Monterey Bay, where the vast Pacific Ocean meets lush kelp forests, sea otters, especially ...
A new study finds that sea otters off California's coast adapt by using tools to find new food sources and prevent injuries.
Sea otters in California are using tools like rocks and glass bottles to go after new forms of prey when they can’t<a ...
West Coast sea otters are turning to tool use to exploit richer prey and get a leg up on the competition, a new study has ...
The study reveals female sea otters are more adept at using tools to access hard-shelled prey, aiding their survival.
By Mike Peña Sea otters are one of the few animals that use rocks and other objects to access their food, and a new study has ...
A recent boom in the purple sea urchin population off the southern Oregon Coast appears to have had an indirect and negative impact on the gray whales that usually forage in the region, a new study ...
A new study has found that individual sea otters that use tools — most of whom are female — are able to eat larger prey and reduce tooth damage ...