Despite their low numbers, sea otters consume voracious kelp-eating sea urchins at a high enough rate that kelp forests continue to persist and provide habitat for numerous species. Without sea ...

People will always be slower at harvesting urchins than sunflower stars and sea otters, their natural predators. Both species are known to protect kelp forests, and enough sunflower stars can even ...

The system could not sustain itself without both the otters and the sea stars." Sea urchins are naturally occurring in kelp forests, but the decline in sunflower sea stars meant there was no ...

Eat sea urchins. To save kelp forests, scientists try breeding ... marine die-off in Russia could threaten endangered sea otters, other vulnerable species Massive marine die-off in Russia could ...

People will always be slower at harvesting urchins than sunflower stars and sea otters, their natural predators. Both species are known to protect kelp forests, and enough sunflower stars can even ...

They have well rounded teeth adapted for crushing shells of crabs, urchins ... out in the kelp forests of Monterey. She's only been known to the Monterey Bay Aquarium Sea Otter Research and ...

When thinking about forests being endangered by human activity, most people would immediately think of the rainforest. Below the ocean surface, there’s another type of forest is in danger: the ...