Sleeping sea otter in the Kenai Fjords. (Photo courtesy the National Parks Service/Flickr) Mitch Borden/KMXT An unusual number of dying otters were found in Southwest Alaska. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service launched an investigation into what was killing these seemingly healthy animals. In late January, dead and dying sea otters washed ashore near Port Moller and Nelson Lagoon. At …
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Periodically this summer Deb Mignogno, the volunteer naturalist at Fort Abercrombie, brings us a closer look at the natural world around us. Today, what makes sea otters different from land otters.
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