Zombie urchins & the Blob: California sea otters face new threats & ecosystem shifts

Mongabay
Dec 19, 2025, 2:31 pm120 ptsTrending
The sea otter pup was tiny, probably less than 2 weeks old, alone in Morro Bay on an October morning earlier this year. A kayaker scooped it out of the water after listening to it endlessly crying for its mother. It was in growing danger, starting to float out toward the mouth of the bay. Back onshore, the…

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