Jane Goodall is returning to the Monterey Peninsula to speak at Sunset Center on April 7, during a sold-out lecture on behalf ...

The otters, sea lions, and seals were by far the most popular animals during my recent visit to the Seattle Aquarium, and it ...

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 ...

The Fish and Wildlife Service, just like the nonprofit, concluded that sea otter reintroduction would work in Oregon and Northern California from a biological, socioeconomic and legal aspect.

There are three subspecies of sea otters: Southern sea otters live along the coast of central California. Northern sea otters live along the coasts of Washington and Alaska. Russian sea otters ...

When sea otters were reintroduced along the coastlines of islands in Southern California and British Columbia, researchers ...

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 ...

Adorably fuzzy sea otters aren’t just cute. The marine mammals serve a crucial role, helping to restore the giant kelp forests they rely on by removing their top predators, the sea urchins. Kelp ...

After missing from the Oregon coast for more than a century, sea otters are getting a step closer to staging a comeback. Local tribes and nonprofits have received a $1.56 million grant to lead the ...