FILE: River otters swim in the harbor near the entrance to Elkhorn Slough in Moss Landing on Aug. 13, 2016. The slough is home to a number of plant and animal species, and is designated a Globally ...

Smelly and saturated with seawater, the marsh muck sucks at the waders of UC Santa Cruz graduate student Aliya Khan as she walks along a channel in Elkhorn Slough. She places a tube into the water ...

The fallout came from four days of smoke. Results of immediate testing in Elkhorn Slough by scientists from the Moss Landing Marine Lab indicate an alarming increase in trace elements found in the ...

It's a classic tale of nature finding a way. An invasive species of crab was threatening an entire ecosystem in Monterey County's Elkhorn Slough—until an unexpected hero stepped in. And ...

A fluffy otter pup floats alone on the surface of Elkhorn Slough, waiting for its mother to return from a dive. It squeals in agitation, then quiets as she surfaces, holding a fat innkeeper worm in ...

ELKHORN SLOUGH IS RIGHT NEXT DOOR...THE SEVEN MILE ESTUARY IS HOME TO MORE THAN A HUNDRED OTTERS... MANY OF THEM CONNECTED TO THE MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM OTTER PROGRAM....SCIENTISTS AND RESEARCHERS ...

But the environmental impacts may be just beginning. At the neighboring Elkhorn Slough, a sanctuary for endangered wildlife, researchers have found heavy metal concentrations up to a thousand times ...