A southern sea otter with a purple sea urchin in Monterey Bay, California. (Credit: Morgan Rector) (CN) — Sea otters are voracious eaters, munching away on shellfish, urchins and other invertebrates ...

VANCOUVER — A new study says sea otters in British Columbia have been found to be contaminated with so-called forever chemicals found in food packaging, non-stick cookware, cosmetics, electronics and ...

MONTEREY — On-call staff members at the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s sea otter rescue and conservation program rescued a six-month-old otter stranded on San Carlos Beach in July. She was emaciated and ...

Sea otters living along B.C.'s South coast and Vancouver Island have high levels of toxic "forever chemicals" present in their bodies, a new study finds. Researchers found elevated levels of the ...

VANCOUVER - A new study says sea otters in British Columbia have been found to be contaminated with so-called forever chemicals found in food packaging, non-stick cookware, cosmetics, electronics and ...

VANCOUVER — A new study says sea otters in British Columbia have been found to be contaminated with so-called forever chemicals found in food packaging, non-stick cookware, cosmetics, electronics and ...

Sea otters offer an entertaining sight for tourists amid otherwise empty expanses of water. In Cook Inlet off Homer, water taxis and charter boats routinely glide past rafts of otters, bobbing and ...

It was a foggy October afternoon on the central California coast when the Marine Mammal Center got a call on their public hotline: there were distressed cries coming from the frigid waters in ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako have visited the country's only aquarium that keeps sea otters. The Emperor and Empress arrived in Mie Prefecture to attend the National Convention for the ...

The ocean takes center stage during the king tides, predicted to arrive on the California coast this Wednesday through Friday, and then again Dec. 4-6 and Jan. 1-3. Waters climb to their highest point ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The Eastern hellbender (Cryptobranchus a. alleganiensis) isn’t ...

Pine woods, cypress swamps, and mangrove forests all exist in one place. Special scrub-jays make their homes in the sandy scrub areas. These bright blue birds live nowhere else on Earth except right ...