Sea otter mamas are parenting on hard mode. They give birth in the water, to blind, helpless infants who have to be carried around on their bellies for weeks, nursing them while holding them on ...

The sea otter is one of 13 species of otter and is a member of the weasel family. It can be found on the Pacific coasts of North America and Asia. Sea otters spend most of their lives in the water ...

MONTEREY – The Monterey Bay Aquarium is set to welcome a new resident sea otter in the coming weeks – but first, they are asking the community for help choosing her name. The newest sea otter ...

After nearly 30,000 respondents took part in a one-day online poll, the Monterey Bay Aquarium has announced the name of its newest sea otter pup: Opal. The aquarium plans to have Opal make her ...

Bixby (a.k.a. Otter 1346) is one of the otter mums out in the kelp forests of Monterey. She's only been known to the Monterey Bay Aquarium Sea Otter Research and Conservation team (SORAC ...

The Monterey Bay Aquarium is planning to welcome a new resident otter. The aquarium is asking the public to vote on the new resident's name in a digital poll on its website. The poll closes at ...

MONTEREY – The Monterey Bay Aquarium is set to welcome a new resident sea otter in the coming weeks – but first, they are asking the community for help choosing her name. The newest sea otter ...

More information: Energetic cost of human disturbance on the southern sea otter (Enhydra lutris 5 nereis), The Journal of Wildlife Management (2025). DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.70012 ...

Disaster could follow. Africa's vultures are disappearing. Disaster could follow. Wolves hunt sea otters and seals, a startling find Wolves hunt sea otters and seals, a startling find Sea otters ...

Surfers should be careful of a hostile sea otter attacking people in the waters near West Cliff Drive in Santa Cruz. According to Los Angeles Times, the female otter has been harassing surfers and ...