Just by eating sea urchins and destructive shellfish, sea otters are keeping kelp forests healthy and coastal erosion at bay.

Otters are truly fascinating creatures. These unique marine mammals are known for their dense coats, round bodies and expressive faces. Unless you're lucky enough to live by an ocean where sea ...

Sea otters are the smallest marine mammals, but they have some incredible adaptations to thrive in the ocean. Unlike seals and whales, they don’t have a thick layer of blubber to keep them warm.

When it comes to mating, male sea otters are aggressive. The males will grasp the female, then bite down onto her nose and hold on, usually resulting in deep cuts and gouges, sometimes with pieces ...

If sea otter populations continue to grow, perhaps they too will return to the region, he said. "We made a prediction recently in 2018 that the San Francisco Bay could probably currently support ...

Some otters rely on tools to bust open hard-shelled prey items like snails, and a new study suggests this tool use is helping them to survive as their favorite, easier-to-eat foods disappear.

Significant Otters | WILD HOPE. Special | 15m 28s Video has Closed Captions | CC. Sea otters are back, and their return is a breath of fresh air for the waters of Monterey Bay. Marine ecologists ...

Conservation efforts have helped the population of sea otters begin to recover, and studies show that their returned presence to California marshland has slowed erosion there.

A sea otter relocation plan could involve moving pups from the Monterey Bay Aquarium and dropping them off in parts of the San Francisco Bay. Not everyone thinks that's a good idea.

Southern sea otters along the West coast were hunted almost to extinction for their thick, soft fur, only gaining protection in 1913 when California declared them a "fully protected mammal." ...

Both otters were rescued in California as pups. Photo courtesy of Terria Clay/New York Aquarium. The otters, now 10 and 13 years old, lived in several accredited zoos and aquariums before they made ...

A sea otter appears off the coast of Ecola Point in Cannon Beach, Ore., on June 28, 2024. Photo courtesy of Chanel Hason. Oregon is the only West Coast state that’s no longer home to sea otters.