Learn more about how one rescue diver–turned-conservationist is working to bring a thriving sea otter population back to the ...

Experts study southern sea otters to ensure their longtime survival on California’s coast. ... She’s hauled out. [Jessica] And we’ll follow them every day for two weeks, ...

Out-of-control invasive species has met its match: Cute and hungry otters West coast states are spending millions to protect their inland waterways from invasive crabs.

Sea otters credited with solving Elkhorn Slough's invasive green crab problem 02:51. It's a classic tale of nature finding a way. An invasive species of crab was threatening an entire ecosystem in ...

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.

Rescuers are saving baby sea otters in the hopes of someday repopulating much of the West Coast with them. But they have to do so without loving them to death.

Some River otters have also been known to eat rabbits, birds, and rodents. Sea otters will feed on sea urchins, crabs, abalones, snails, muscles, slow-moving fish, and clams.

So, healthy sea otters mean a healthy environment."The Elkhorn Slough Reserve will be closed until Jan. 22 due to potential health risks from the Moss Landing battery plant fire.A major concern is ...

The aquarium’s otter program is responsible for reestablishing much of Northern California's critically endangered Southern Sea Otter population. (Photo: Doug Duran, Bay Area News Group) (Doug ...

“The behavior of laying on the surfboard appears similar when sea otters haul themselves out of the water to rest on a rocky shore or mudflat, but it is more concerning because Otter 841 is not ...

“Before, nobody here ever saw an otter haul out. Ever,” Streveler said. “And so, to find a naive group of very easy-to-catch, very, very delicious critters.