Otters are among the most adaptable mammals alive, thriving everywhere from icy coasts to steamy rainforests. This list reveals the eight largest species, from the massive giant otter of South America ...

Oregon has lost two-thirds of its kelp forests since 2010. Efforts to remove hundreds of thousands of purple urchins might ...

Their fur is so soft it almost led to their extinction, but otters’ recovery has been a boon to Pacific kelp forests, a key ...

After Taylor Swift wore a vintage Monterey Bay Aquarium otter T-shirt, the California aquarium reissued the item for Swifties and otter lovers through a fundraiser According to KSBW, shortly after the ...

Surfers heading to Santa Cruz will have to keep a look out for a furry surfboard thief. A surfer at Steamer Lane says a sea otter bit her foot and then climbed onto her board Tuesday evening, holding ...

The victim did not sustain an injury in the incident. A California sea otter recently captured the internet's attention after stealing a surfer's board at Steamer Lane, a popular Santa Cruz surf spot.

Found this little wolffish while spearfishing and decided to feed it a sea urchin. I know it looks bad but wolfish eats crabs and sea urchins every day. These fish are super cool and tastes delicious, ...

The Great Lakes Aquarium welcomed three giant isopods over the summer as part of its new Lava to Lakes exhibit. They’re named after the three deepest point in the ocean: Challenger, Horizon, and Ebden ...

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 ...

Did you know that sea otters have favorite rocks they keep around to help them open up clam shells and other shelled mollusks? They have loose pockets of fur under each of their arms where they store ...