but there’s no reliable evidence that sea otters regularly do this in open water. It is true that they hug their pups while swimming on their backs. It is also true that they sometimes converge ...

Recovering sea otter populations are helping to restore the local ecoystem. Sea otters are proving to be Mother Nature's solution to the prevention of coastal erosion, a recent discovery that ...

“Sea otters are naturally wary of people ... she chased surfers and their boards throughout the legendary surf spots hugging the California coast between Santa Cruz’s lighthouse and wharf.

At Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, a newly-reinvigorated population of native southern sea otters has eaten so many invasive European green crabs that researchers say the ...

Experts study southern sea otters to ensure their longtime survival on California’s coast. Adored by many for its cuddly appearance, the threatened southern sea otter is a voracious predator ...

When sea otters were reintroduced along the coastlines of islands in Southern California and British Columbia, researchers saw kelp forests return to areas that were destroyed by sea urchins.