FILE: River otters swim in the harbor near the entrance to Elkhorn Slough in Moss Landing on Aug. 13, 2016. The slough is ...

WATSONVILLE – As scientist Kerstin Wasson trudges along the banks of Elkhorn Slough, her rubber boots crunch through a white, brittle crust of dead algae that encircles nearly the entire shoreline.

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 ...

MOSS LANDING>> The Elkhorn Slough is booming with baby sea otters, which is a good thing for the ecosystem and the animals, scientists say. Though female otters can get pregnant year round ...

MOSS LANDING — The biodiverse Elkhorn Slough in Moss Landing is a hotbed for wildlife in the water, sea and air, and is frequented by hundreds of human visitors each day. After observing the ...

Newbery medalist Katherine Applegate will be discussing her 2022 novel "Odder" in a virtual author talk hosted by the Library ...

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 ...

MOSS LANDING — In the past three years, thousands of Olympia oysters have been raised in a laboratory and planted in Elkhorn Slough in an ambitious effort to fend off local extinction.

A drone buzzes above Elkhorn Slough, zipping back and forth in an elongated zig-zag pattern. As it glides through the air, it takes snapshots of the surface to monitor plant life and ground elevation.

Located in Moss Landing inside Monterey Bay, Elkhorn Slough is one of the prime places in North America for viewing wildlife. Best explored from a kayak or stand-up paddleboard, the seven-mile-long ...

At Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, a newly-reinvigorated population of native southern sea otters has eaten so many invasive European green crabs that researchers say the ...

Elkhorn Slough, 1700 Elkhorn Road, Watsonville, CA 95076, (831) 728-2822; www.elkhornslough.org. The slough is 19 miles north of Monterey. From California 1, take the Moss Landing exit.