The Sea Otter Foundation & Trust & select Supercuts outlets join forces to inspire future Colorado marine biologists with awareness event Go back-to-school with sea otters! What? Sea otters – or ...

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 otters ...

Sea otters are making an impact as they return to the wetlands of Central California. Remarkable changes have occurred in the landscape as these adorable animals recolonize their former habitat in the ...

In parts of the ocean where sea otters face stark competition for their favorite kinds of food, some otters are getting by with the help of tools — like rocks and even glass bottles — that let them ...

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.

Sea otters are helping to keep the shores of a central Californian estuary from crumbling into the ocean. They act as erosion control by feasting on shore crabs — crustaceans whose burrowing and ...

Social media lighted up this past holiday weekend with the return of Santa Cruz’s most infamous sea mammal: the surfboard-stealing Otter 841. “841 is back in the 831 at Steamer Lane,” Mark Woodward ...

Because of their high metabolic rates, sea otters are especially vulnerable to disturbances that can increase their energy needs. New research in The Journal of Wildlife Management reveals how human ...

After making headlines this summer for "stealing" surfboards in Santa Cruz, the California sea otter known as 841 has been spotted with a new pup. Mark Woodward / Native Santa Cruz This summer, a sea ...

The high jinks of a 5-year-old southern sea otter who likes to steal surfboards off the coast of California have attracted international attention, endangered people and put the otter's life at risk.

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