Sea otters, or Enhydra lutris (their scientific name), have recently been spotted making kelp forests their new home. Sea ...

Sea otters are one of the predators — one of the wolves, to continue the metaphor, to our urchin deer — keeping urchins in ...

The excitement continued for Jackie and Shadow, the famous bald eagle couple that has made headlines over the years for their nest perched high up in the trees overlooking Big Bear Lake. Their third ...

A new otter will soon be splashing around the Monterey Bay Aquarium. The otter was stranded off the coast of San Luis Obispo ...

Tropical forests are supposed to be safe havens for wildlife, but new research shows they're not as protected as we'd hope — including in areas we designate for conservation. A recent study published ...

The wolf spiders in California don’t want to come into your house, but that doesn’t mean you’ll never see one indoors. Instead, these spiders tend to stay outside and may be found in forests, meadows, ...

A bike rider who decapitated a sea lion over Christmas and rode off with the animal's head in a clear plastic bag was being hunted on Thursday. Los Angeles, California - A bike rider who decapitated a ...

Scientists concentrated on the impact to coastal ecosystem - brown macroalgae, known as kelps, which form dense and extensive underwater forests along ... reproduction of marine animals. However, the ...

They determined that while kelp forests had grown back in both British Columbia and Southern California, they regenerated faster off British Columbia. So, they developed a model to create a ...

But if less carbon is sequestered in forests, grasslands and kelp beds than researchers had ... linked to health issues in humans and other animals. They are associated with an increase in people ...

The seizure of animals from a private zoo in the Ottawa Valley and the business’ subsequent closure has renewed calls from wildlife organizations for stricter laws regulating captive wildlife. On Oct.

Alice Gibbs is a Newsweek Senior Internet Trends & Culture Reporter based in the U.K. For the last two years she has specialized in viral trends and internet news, with a particular focus on ...