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Topic: otters

A raft of sea otters (Enhydra nereis) congregates off the back deck of the Monterey Bay Aquarium in kelp. (Monterey Bay Aquarium / Tyson V. Rininger)

Sea otters help battle climate change

Matthew Rozsa
Otters | COVID-19 (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Now sea otters can get COVID-19, too

Matthew Rozsa
(Screenshot, Smithsonian National Zoo)

Lindsay Abrams
(Flickr Creative Commons)

Jason Dearen