Cuteness can shift moods and lower cortisol, and science backs it up. Looking at baby animals, like a seal pup blinking on a ...

Most people think of sea otters as cute, fuzzy creatures cracking open shellfish - but some are skilled and fearless octopus hunters. In this episode, we follow the surprising predatory side of ...

Children can’t get enough ocean animals. But their marine habitat is in trouble. As the ocean’s temperature continue to rise by 0.14°F each decade, sea levels along U.S. coastlines are set to ...

This is too cute! With the way they're posed in the sand, it looks like the California sea otter was waiting just for her. Those folded paws and that calmly wagging tail give such happy, friendly ...

The last time I wrote about otters I stated that sea otters are in my top 10 list of “most appealing adult mammals.” First, ...

Sea otters conservation. Image via Unsplash Sea otters are one of the few non-human species known to use tools. They skillfully employ rocks or other hard objects to crack open shellfish, their ...

Two sea otters are playing in calm coastal waters on a clear day. Image by Stephen Leonardi The saga begins with a tragedy that nearly erased sea otters from the planet. Prior to the maritime fur ...

Sea cucumbers might look odd, but they’re interesting creatures that also lack a brain. They rely on a simple nerve ring around their mouth and a network of nerves running through their body.

A river otter is one of the coolest mammals to find in the wild and a delight to watch. Of course, potential prey swimming around in the same waters would not consider the river otters cool or ...

Some coastal wolves in Alaska, U.S., have toxic levels of mercury in their bodies after shifting from a terrestrial diet of deer and moose to a marine diet heavy with sea otters, new research ...

Plastic straws are one of the top contributors of plastic pollution in the oceans. With just 9% of straws capable of being recycled worldwide, hundreds of millions to billions make their way into the ...

Review: “Dangerous Animals,” thankfully, doesn’t try to be more than it is, although the quite beautiful images of sharks sliding through the ocean show, naturally, that we are the species ...