It’s Sea Otter Awareness Week, which means it’s a great time to learn about everyone’s favorite aquatic fluffball! And the first thing you “otter” know about sea otters is that they are ...

Sea otters are helping to keep the shores of a central Californian estuary from crumbling into the ocean. They act as erosion control by feasting on shore crabs — crustaceans whose burrowing and ...

The otter wouldn’t let go the end of the surfboard. The surfer, who was trying to spend his Sunday riding the waves near Santa Cruz, Calif., rocked the board back and forth, trying to nudge the ...

It's Sea Otter Awareness Week, which means it's a great time to learn about everyone's favorite aquatic fluffball! And the first thing you "otter" know about sea otters is that they are way bigger ...

While U.S. Fish and Wildlife called the sea otter's behavior "highly unusual," aggressive behavior from female southern sea otters may be due to hormonal surges or from being fed by humans.

Adult sea otters can grow up to four feet long with females weighing as much as 50 pounds, according to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Despite how cute they may look, getting bitten by a sea otter can ...

Santa Cruz's sea otter, 841, has given birth to a wee pup — suggesting that her erratic behavior could have been hormonally driven. The angriest sea otter in California is a new mom - Los ...

An ornery, board-jacking sea otter is terrorizing surfers off the coast of Santa Cruz. ... An adult sea otter can weigh 30 to 100 pounds, and reach 5 feet in length.

Sea otters are arguably the Michael Phelps of the marine mammal world. They are excellent swimmers, complete with muscular bodies and webbed feet that allow for them to cut through the water with ...

A sea otter has been seen clambering onto a surfboard and following surfers off Vancouver Island, prompting reminders from Fisheries and Oceans Canada to avoid close interactions with the mammals.