Jane Goodall is returning to the Monterey Peninsula to speak at Sunset Center on April 7, during a sold-out lecture on behalf of “Hope for Sea Otters.” ...

Sea otter mamas are parenting on hard mode. They give birth in the water, to blind, helpless infants who have to be carried ...

Sea otters help recover the kelp forests they depend on. Now scientists know how - While threatened by climate change, otters ...

Byron added that this bill would not allow for the trapping and pelt collection of otters. “That’s not where it’s coming from. A lot of misinformation about that — and it really just gives ...

Otter ears and noses have a shut off valve to keep the water out while diving. Otter pelts were important back in the early fur trading days in the Great Lakes region, but never as valuable as the ...

By the time he is grown, he’ll be able to hold his breath for eight minutes underwater. Like river otters, sea otter pups also need swimming lessons from their parents. Baby sea otters spend a lot of ...

Byron and Wyoming Game and Fish Director Angi Bruce repeatedly stated during committee meetings that the bill would not allow for the trapping and pelt collection of otters “By removing otters ...

Sea Otters: Guardians of the Kelp Forests Sea Otter. Image via Depositphotos. Hunted almost to extinction for their pelts, sea otter populations have resurged along the Pacific coast. Vital to ...

SILETZ, Ore. – After being absent for more than a century, an effort to repopulate the Oregon Coast with sea otters is in the works. After being hunted in the 19th century as part of the maritime fur ...

Join Chanel Hason, director of outreach and community relations for the Elakha Alliance, for an engaging presentation about the organization’s efforts to restore sea otters to the Oregon coast.

Join Chanel Hason, director of outreach and community relations for the Elakha Alliance, for an engaging presentation about the organization’s efforts to restore sea otters to the Oregon coast.

The sea otter belongs to the Mustelidae family, which includes carnivorous animals such as skunks, weasels, wolverines and badgers. Sea otters’ diets comprises sea urchins, crabs, mussels and clams.