Northern sea otters didn’t get federal safeguards along with their California cousins. So in 2000, the Center petitioned the Service to protect otters in southwest Alaska as a “distinct population ...

After centuries of overhunting by fur traders, sea otters have largely disappeared from the Oregon and Northern California ...

There are three subspecies of otters: the "California" sea otter (or southern sea otter), the northern sea otter, and the Russian sea otter. Fortunately, sea otters have been making a comeback in ...

The Alaska SeaLife Center on Nov. 16 admitted to their Wildlife Response Program a juvenile northern sea otter with “significant” facial trauma. The male otter, estimated to be between 6 and 8 ...

The Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians (CTSI) has been awarded a three-year, $1.56 million grant from the National Fish ...

There are three species of sea otters: Northern sea otters are found in the Pacific Ocean along the coast of Washington, Canada, and Alaska. Southern (or California) sea otters live off the ...

Sea otter numbers in the northern Pacific Ocean are thought to have ranged from around 150,000 to 300,000 up until the 18th century. But overhunting for their pelts brought the number down to ...

FILE - A wild sea otter swims as he snacks on seaweed covered with roe. The Siletz Tribe is trying to bring them back to Northern Calif. and Ore. coasts with the help of a government grant.