A rescued northern sea otter pup plays with toys in his behind-the-scenes enclosure at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium on Dec. 7, 2023. The otter was found alone and malnourished and taken to the Alaska ...

An eight-week-old sea otter rescued from Seldovia, Alaska, peaks out of his enclosure at Shedd Aquarium Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, in Chicago. The otter was found alone and malnourished and was ...

CHICAGO (AP) — An 8-week-old arrival from Alaska chirps loudly before devouring ice chips in the nursery at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium. He is Pup EL2306 — proper name to be determined — a ...

When an expedition from Russia to Alaska returned home in 1742, it held in its cargo 900 sea otter pelts. After people saw the quality of the fur, a commercial rush was on. The pelts' astronomical ...

Baby Sea Otter Found Malnourished and Alone in Alaska Joins Chicago Aquarium Committed to His Care The otter, who has the temporary name Pup EL2306, was discovered in Seldovia, Alaska, where he ...

The Shedd Aquarium in Chicago has welcomed an 8-week-old northern sea otter rescued from Alaska. The pup was brought to Shedd from the Alaska SeaLife Center.

In Alaska, sea otters grow even bigger, with males tipping the scales at about 100 pounds, says Rangel, who has worked in marine mammal rescue and rehabilitation. That means a sea otter is roughly ...

An orphaned sea otter pup was wounded, dehydrated and malnourished when people in Seward, Alaska, found him. He was taken on a cross-country trip and now has a new home at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium.

Penguin and otter manager Lana Gonzalez holds a bottle of formula for an eight-week-old sea otter rescued from Seldovia, Alaska, at Shedd Aquarium Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, in Chicago.

In late October, a young sea otter pup was found in the remote coastal town of Seldovia, Alaska, stranded and calling out in distress with no mother in sight. After being rehabilitated, fed and ...

Penguin and otter manager Lana Gonzalez puts out ice chips for an eight-week-old sea otter rescued from Seldovia, Alaska, in his enclosure at Shedd Aquarium Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, in Chicago.

A northern sea otter who was found alone and malnourished in the remote Alaska town of Seldovia in October has a new home in Chicago.