What happened to the Alaskan Sea Otters?

Sea otters are the smallest marine mammal. They are playful, they are cute, and they are clever! But in the 1990s, something strange happened to the sea otters living in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands. Most of them vanished without a trace! Scientists studying those otters had one question: WHY? In this activity for all ages, veteran science educator Steve Schenk of Reverie Productions will teach you about sea otters, where they live, and what scientists observed between 1990 and 1996. Then it’s up to you to apply the scientific method and try to solve this ecological murder mystery! Do you think *you* can figure out what happened to the Alaskan sea otters?