Sea otters are North America’s smallest marine mammal, weighing just 30 to 100 pounds, but their appetites are huge. They burn calories at three times the rate expected for their size, chomping on ...

Despite recent efforts by sea urchin harvesters to reduce protections for southern sea otters under the Endangered Species Act, the species is still at risk, federal officials say. The fuzzy marine ...

Chanel Hason gets a lot of false reports of sea otters on the Oregon Coast. "I get email several times a month of someone saying they saw a sea otter running along the beach in Oregon somewhere,” said ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is taking the next step toward the potential reintroduction of sea otters on the Oregon Coast with a series of meetings at coastal towns in late June. The fuzzy ...

SANTA BARBARA — Claiming that federally protected sea otters continue to overgraze commercially important urchin beds, a group of fishermen wants a Los Angeles judge to enforce a “no otter” zone by ...

Advocates say Southern sea otters are thriving in California’s Elkhorn Slough, but could face new risks if a proposed law change weakens the Endangered Species Act.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is considering it and is asking for public input in a series of forums this week in the Bay Area. The southern sea otter (also known as the California sea ...

John Keane receives funding from the Fisheries Research Development Corporation and the Tasmanian Government. Scott Ling receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Longspined sea urchins ...

STORY: Every year, around 10 to 15 sea otter pups are found stranded off California's coast, often from storms that separate mother and offspring. Now, two aquariums in the state are teaming up in the ...

Purple sea urchins, beware: There’s a purple urchin-eating predator on the horizon — and its name is the sunflower sea star. That’s the plot line coming from a small upstart research facility in Moss ...