Wild sea otters are no longer such a rare sight along the eastern coast of Hokkaido, Japan’s northernmost main island.

Aboard a quiet, full catamaran, legendary conservationist Jane Goodall spoke about her latest mission: supporting the survival of Monterey Bay's charming, yet still vulnerable, icon—the sea otter.

Kelp forests shelter hundreds of marine species and rival rainforests in ecological importance, yet they can collapse within ...

California taxpayers will soon be able to donate part of their state income taxes to sea otter conservation after Newsom signed a new bill.

San Francisco (AP) — A Northern California aquarium has raised more than $2 million for sea otter conservation in just two days. All it took was Taylor Swift wearing a vintage T-shirt. Swift wore a ...

SEATTLE — The Seattle Aquarium has joyfully announced the arrival of Ruby, the first southern sea otter to join its ranks. Hailing from the Monterey Bay Aquarium, Ruby's transition to her new home ...

On a blue-sky afternoon, kayakers paddle past dozens of sea lions lolling in the sun and make a beeline toward the sea otters lounging on beds of eel grass at Elkhorn Slough on California’s central ...

The return of a charismatic marine mammal revived vital kelp forests, but created a new problem for a certain endangered animal.

1. Otter ecology and its background -- 2. Pen pictures. Thirteen otters of the world : some natural history -- Europe -- Common or Eurasian otter, Lutra lutra -- North America -- River otter, or North ...