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The boat containing a passel of biologists and other folks motored out of Moss Landing Harbor this week past sea otters, brown pelicans, snowy egrets and sea lions as it toured the largest tidal salt ...

Elevated concentrations of heavy metals have been detected at the Elkhorn Slough Reserve by scientists from San Jose State ...

It's a grand study in light and dark. In a cove of Elkhorn Slough, just after dawn, a fleet of stately white pelicans paddle placidly on opaque waters. Great egrets, grave as undertakers, stand pale, ...

I’ve never seen New England’s spectacular fall foliage. But as I was strolling with my sweetheart Alice down the twisted oak-lined trails above the silvery coves of Elkhorn Slough Reserve, I thought, ...

Elkhorn Slough is a jewel on California's coastline and one of the 25 most significant biodiversity hot spots in the world. Its acreage is second in size only to the wetlands in the San Francisco Bay ...

Tour boats like the Elkhorn Slough Safari that run out of the Moss Landing Harbor are seeing a spike in the number of sea otter pups in the area.According to Monterey Bay Aquarium researchers, there ...

On October 23, 2018, a new generation of Olympia oysters will settle into their home on the tidal mudflats of the Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve. These oyster babies were raised at ...

ELKHORN SLOUGH — Although sea otters are an unofficial mascot of the Monterey Bay area and popular among tourists and locals alike, they are also described by scientists as voracious predators that ...

MOSS LANDING — Otters rank among cats as rulers of the Internet. They’re furry, adorable and playful — all of which are scientifically proven on the Elkhorn Slough’s live OtterCam. Located in the ...

Elevated concentrations of heavy metals have been detected at the Elkhorn Slough Reserve by scientists from San Jose State University's Moss Landing Marine Laboratories following a recent fire at ...

Graduate student Brent Hughes examines algae (green sea lettuce) from Elkhorn Slough, an indicator of high nutrient levels. Photo by Monique Fountain. On this map of Elkhorn Slough estuary showing the ...