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

With the Southeast Alaska sea otter population now at around 25,000, Douville hunts, in part, to reduce the otter population ...

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 ...

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

In North America sea otters once ranged from Baja California, Mexico, all the way to Alaska. Between 1741 and 1911, the maritime fur trade fueled voracious large-scale hunting and trapping that ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sea otters in California reach 50 to 70 pounds, while those in Alaska can weigh up to 100 pounds. In contrast to river otters, sea otters must survive amid the chilly waters of the Pacific Ocean.