A sea otter feeding in Glacier Bay, Alaska photographed by scientist Jim Bodkin. Click image for a larger view. Ironically, it is the otter's fur that brought the animal to the brink of extinction.

Cordova, Alaska, USA Info from Licensor: "He’s staying nice and warm in the frigid waters of Alaska as he forages for food.

Sea otters were once common around the North Pacific but were eradicated from southeast Alaska by about A.D. 1830 due to the commercial fur trade. In the 1960s, sea otters were re-introduced to ...

After centuries of overhunting by fur traders, sea otters have largely disappeared from the Oregon and Northern California ...

In North America sea otters once ranged from Baja California, Mexico, all the way to Alaska. Between 1741 and 1911, the maritime fur trade fueled voracious large-scale hunting and trapping that ...

Northern sea otters are found in the Pacific Ocean along the coast of Washington, Canada, and Alaska. Southern (or California) sea otters live off the California coast. Asian (or Russian ...

In Kodiak, where cold waters and unpredictable weather pose constant dangers, a groundbreaking local program is teaching ...