They look like whips and can grow up to a foot a day. Will Tacoma’s bull kelp go legit?
Bull kelp provides food and shelter for salmon, Southern Resident orcas, sunflower stars, pinto abalone, rockfish, harbor ...
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Siletz Tribe gets $1.56 million to reintroduce sea otters to coastal waters
After centuries of overhunting by fur traders, sea otters have largely disappeared from the Oregon and Northern California ...
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Death on the Strait: Sooke sea otter exposed as 'Salish Sea serial killer'
Meet Ollie, the “Salish Sea Serial Killer,” a cute, furry sea otter with a dark side and a rap sheet longer than the ‘Colwood ...
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The Curious Reason Why Otters Hold Hands
For example, sea otters in the Pacific Ocean eat sea urchins as part of their diet. Sea urchins in turn eat the kelp that grows in the ocean. If there aren’t enough sea otters to keep the sea ...
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Bay Area scientists develop lab-grown starfish
Researchers hope to revive the population of sunflower sea stars in an effort to support kelp forests along the California ...
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Researchers monitor sea otters after Moss Landing battery plant fire
THEY'RE A KEYSTONE SPECIES. THEY HELP TO PROTECT THE KELP BEDS OFF SHORE BY CONSUMING SEA URCHINS, AND THEY HELP TO PROTECT THE SEA BEDS HERE IN THE SLOUGH" "SO HEALTHY SEA OTTERS MEAN A HEALTHY ...
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Siletz Tribe gets $1.56 million to reintroduce sea otters to coastal waters
Sea otters also serve an important role as a keystone species in the environment, by eating invasive crustaceans like green crabs, and by restoring and maintaining kelp forests. “There’s also ...