The plan: use a Bluetooth speaker to play the recording across the bay, hoping the mother would recognize the sound and come ...

Lowering it gently into the water, the pup floated helplessly on its back, rolling around as if it were on a thick quilt.

A lost sea otter pup’s cries in foggy Morro Bay prompted a dramatic rescue and a touching reunion with its mother, showcasing ...

The young otter pup was admitted to the Alaska SeaLife Center Wildlife Response program after she and her mom were attacked by orcas.Alaska SeaLife Center A group of people out fishing captured the ...

Seldovia is one of six sea otters at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium, but the only one from Alaska. (Courtesy Shedd Aquarium) An otter pup rescued in Seldovia last October now has a new name. The otter was ...

Social media lighted up this past holiday weekend with the return of Santa Cruz’s most infamous sea mammal: the surfboard-stealing Otter 841. “841 is back in the 831 at Steamer Lane,” Mark Woodward ...

I’m sure you could guess the most prevalent difference between river otters and sea otters. Yes, one species lives in freshwater, while the other lives in marine environments. But did you know that ...

SANTA CRUZ — When a colleague passed the photo along to sea otter expert Gena Bentall, she thought it was fake. “The first thing I said was ‘That is 100% AI (artificial intelligence),” Bentall said ...

The last confirmed sighting of the marine mammal in question, known as Otter 841, was in May 2024. However, surfers reported multiple otter-related incidents in October 2025, suggesting she might be ...

MONTEREY — On-call staff members at the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s sea otter rescue and conservation program rescued a six-month-old otter stranded on San Carlos Beach in July. She was emaciated and ...

After nearly 30,000 respondents took part in a one-day online poll, the Monterey Bay Aquarium has announced the name of its newest sea otter pup: Opal. The aquarium plans to have Opal make her public ...

MONTEREY — On-call staff members at the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s sea otter rescue and conservation program rescued a six-month-old otter stranded on San Carlos Beach in July. She was emaciated and ...