Home Newsroom News Archive News Archive News related to "Center for Conservation Genomics" Displaying 26 - 26 of 26 Smithsonian Study Reveals Tool-Using Sea Otters Not Closely Related March 22, 2017 Tool use by sea otters to break open well-armored food is not necessarily a family matter, according to a new study published this week by the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) and partners. Pagination First page Previous page Page 1 Current page 2