A new study finds that West Coast sea otters are turning to tool use to take advantage of richer prey and get ahead of the competition. A meteoric rise in sea otter populations in Monterey Bay has caused their favorite prey to become scarce, pushing them to seek tougher options, according to findings published Thursday… Read More »
Memes portray him wearing a beret similar to the one worn by socialist revolutionary Ché Guevara. One caption declares: “Accept our existence or wait for resistance… an otter world is possible.” My academy focuses on animal-human relationships through the prism of social justice. From what I’ve seen, the public’s glee about ruined surfboards and yachts… Read More »
Numerous memes centered around the “orca revolution” have flooded the online world. They gleefully depict orcas attacking boats in the Strait of Gibraltar and off the Shetland coast. One particularly ingenious image shows an orca looking like an orca crossed with a hammer. The cheeky headline reads: “Eat the rich”, a reference to orcas’ penchant… Read More »
Sea otters disappeared from Washington, Oregon and other parts of the United States until scientists relocated them to save them from nuclear weapons testing.Kevin Schafer/Getty Images In 1971, the United States launched its largest underground nuclear weapons test on a remote island of Alaska. Previously, scientists had managed to relocate hundreds of otters that may… Read More »