![Three otters in the water eating the carcass of a pelican](https://media.audubon.org/2023-11/Web_Daniel_Dietrich_1403617-3_0.jpg?width=233&height=200&auto=webp&quality=10&fit=crop&disable=upscale&enable=upscale&blur=100)
River Otters With a New Taste for Pelican Are Changing a California Park’s Ecology
December 15, 2023 —
Dramatic photos and video capture the semiaquatic mammals attacking Brown Pelicans in Point Reyes National Seashore, a behavior documented only once before but that is becoming increasingly common in the preserve.