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The extraordinary return of sea otters to Glacier Bay

  • Written by Perry Williams, Postdoctoral Fellow in Statistics and Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, Colorado State University
imageA sea otter floats in Kachemak Bay, Alaska.AP Photo/Laura Rauch

Human beings have a long history of persecuting apex predators such as wolves, tigers and leopards. The loss of these predators – animals at the top of the food chain – has resulted in ecological, economic and social impacts around the globe. Rarely do the predators fully...

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