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 ...

MONTEREY BAY, CALIF. — The 2½-week-old sea otter cried for help. Stranded in a tide pool after heavy winds and strong surf near the edge of the bay, it was ashore and alone. When Sandrine Hazan ...

The sea otter has repeatedly approached surfers and essentially stolen their surfboards off the coast of Santa Cruz in recent months. In documented incidents, ...

The 5-year-old female southern sea otter in the Santa Cruz area is exhibiting "concerning and unusual behaviors," the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service told USA TODAY.

SOME twenty years ago, in the days of the Bering Sea question, Captain Snow was well known as an authority on certain of the fur-seal fisheries of the North Pacific, and he was, and still is ...

Recovering sea otter populations are helping to restore the local ecoystem. By Julia Jacobo. January 31, 2024, 11:01 AM. 1:44. A sea otter is seen in Elkhorn Slough, California, in 2019.

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 adult sea otter can weigh 30 to 100 pounds, and reach 5 feet in length. Since then, Woodward has witnessed three more encounters and has heard about plenty more.

Sea otters in Ollie's situation have been known to accost birds, river otters and seal pups, Watson said. Cameron said she's even aware of a sea otter attacking a dog in this way.

California wildlife officials are hoping to apprehend a 5-year-old sea otter, who has a knack for riding the waves after committing longboard larceny. By Annie Roth Annie Roth lives in Santa Cruz ...

The orphaned sea otter who became a foster mother to 15 pups. By Malia Wollan No one knows how Rosa was orphaned in September 1999, in Santa Cruz County, Calif. She was nameless then, just 4 weeks ...