A new study finds that sea otters off California's coast adapt by using tools to find new food sources and prevent injuries. A team of volunteer "otter spotters" and researchers followed the ...

These charismatic marine mammals, known for their playful nature and voracious appetites, are facing new challenges and using tools to overcome them. For generations, southern sea otters (Enhydra ...

Sea otters take their rocks very seriously ... Otters are extremely intelligent and have learned to work smarter, not harder, using tools to get their food. If a rock doesn’t make a good ...

Chimps apply engineering skills to select tools with the right characteristic for hunting termites. This can teach us more ...

Off the coast of Brazil, a scuba diver captured something remarkable on video: a wrasse fish gripped a mollusk in its mouth, ...

Wrasse fish use hard surfaces as tools to crack open prey. This behavior shows flexible thinking and environmental awareness.

Sea otters are on the edge of extinction. There are currently around 3,000 of them living off the coast of California's Monterey Bay, according to Brett Long, with the Aquarium of the Pacific in ...

This example of tool use is pretty rare and should bump up their ... and we'll put a little feeder ball in it, and the sea otter will work its way out. Some were very naturally inclined and ...

DESCRIPTION: Sea otters use their rear flippers to move and their flat, muscular tails to steer. They have an exceptional sense of smell, hearing, and eyesight above water and below. Lacking blubber, ...