Only Alaska Natives can buy and trade raw pelts or other sea otter parts between each other, and make and sell traditional handicrafts out of sea otter fur and other parts for sale to non-Natives. The ...

Pups start diving within two months. LIFE CYCLE: Male sea otters live between 10 and 15 years, while females live slightly longer, from 15 to 20 years. FEEDING: Underneath each of the sea otter's ...

Banner image of a southern sea otter feeding on sea animal. Photo courtesy of Chris Law. Liz Kimbrough is a staff writer for Mongabay and holds a Ph.D. in ecology and evolutionary biology from ...

The sea otter is one of 13 species of otter and is a member of the weasel family. It can be found on the Pacific coasts of North America and Asia. Sea otters spend most of their lives in the water ...

Adorably fuzzy sea otters aren’t just cute. The marine mammals serve a crucial role, helping to restore the giant kelp ...

Disaster could follow. Africa's vultures are disappearing. Disaster could follow. Wolves hunt sea otters and seals, a startling find Wolves hunt sea otters and seals, a startling find Sea otters ...

Sea otter numbers in the northern Pacific Ocean ... came from the Habomai islets with their young to seek out new feeding areas,” Hattori said. Cape Tofutsu in Hamanaka, Hokkaido, also known ...

Millie, a sea otter, is rearing what could be the Aquarium ... for a while did just fine in the wild — until people started feeding her, which is illegal, experts said. When she was about ...

After nearly 40 years at sea, the world's largest iceberg has run aground on the remote British overseas territory of South Georgia, one of the biologically rich habitats on Earth home to millions ...