Along a working California harbor, where gulls wheel over weathered pilings and the old Western Flyer—the ship John Steinbeck ...

Their disappearance, combined with a massive marine heat wave called “the blob,” set off a cascade of catastrophic ecological changes that turned these kelp biodiverse hot spots into vast sea urchin ...

The 2025 Life Time Grand Prix kicked off with Thursday's 2025 Sea Otter Classic Gravel Race. The 90-mile gravel race replaced the Fuego XL mountain bike race that the Grand Prix used last year. In the ...

The Central California coast was covered in dense fog that clung to the world like a wet T-shirt. Morro Bay was gray and cold. The bay lies directly between Los Angeles and San Francisco. You’re ...

see more of our stories on Google. Add Axios on Google Ruby, a southern sea otter, can now be visited at the Seattle Aquarium. Photo: Courtesy of Monterey Bay Acquarium ...

SEATTLE — The Seattle Aquarium just welcomed a new sea otter. Ruby is from Monterey Bay Aquarium and will be the first southern sea otter in their care. “We are so excited for everyone to meet Ruby,” ...

SEATTLE — The Seattle Aquarium has a new resident making a splash. Ruby, a southern sea otter from Monterey Bay Aquarium, arrived in Seattle this week and is already settling into her new home ...

SEATTLE — The Seattle Aquarium has joyfully announced the arrival of Ruby, the first southern sea otter to join its ranks. Hailing from the Monterey Bay Aquarium, Ruby's transition to her new home ...

Zoo visitors can now say, "Hello!" to sea otters for the very first time at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden. Kevin and Chloe, two southern sea otters, arrived at the Cincinnati Zoo on Nov. 17, ...

It used to be thought that sea urchins only had a primitive nervous system, but new research has found that they are far more complex than that. The entire body of a sea urchin is what researchers are ...