Local tribes and nonprofits have received a grant to lead the planning effort to bring back the furry mammals, which have ...

Sea otters were once common around the North Pacific but were eradicated from southeast Alaska by about A.D. 1830 due to the commercial fur trade. In the 1960s, sea otters were re-introduced to ...

Others, including sea otters, were reintroduced to Southeast Alaska in the 1960s and have rebounded to the point that they are depleting wild stocks of shellfish that local communities depend on.

Alaska Sea Otter Finds a Snack Posted: January 27, 2025 | Last updated: January 27, 2025 Occurred on January 21, 2025 / Cordova, Alaska, USA Info from Licensor: "He’s staying nice and warm in ...

Together with her father, Michael, who drives the skiff, Douville upholds the millennia-old cultural practice of hunting sea ...

You’ve likely seen those heartwarming images of darling little sea otters floating on their backs with their tiny hands ...

Once hunted to the brink of extinction, sea otters have recolonized Glacier Bay National Park with a vengeance. Several times each July, when the weather over southeast Alaska’s Glacier Bay National ...

Sadly that thick, resplendent coat has also given otters some of the world's most valuable pelts. In North America sea otters once ranged from Baja California, Mexico, all the way to Alaska. Between ...

Likewise, in Alaska, sea otter decline has led to an increase in sea urchin abundance and a loss of kelp forest, and this decline has been attributed to greater predation on sea otters by killer ...