Utterly charming, otters are web-footed animals that inhabit rivers and seas around North America, Asia, Europe, Africa, and ...

Artist Christy Ruby sits for a picture with her colored sea otter in her studio on March 2, 2023. (Eric Stone/KRBD) Southeast Alaska’s sea otters were driven to near-extinction by the fur trade ...

Wolves hunt sea otters and seals, a startling find. While many of us picture wolves running down elk in a Yellowstone meadow, the versatile predators can feed on diverse prey, particularly in ...

Sea otters, on the other hand, had shot up from 25% to 57% of the wolves' diet across the same timeframe. A member of the wolf pack stalking a fish in a stream. (Image credit: Oregon State ...

For years, the regulations about who could hunt sea otters in Alaska were confusing. Many thought hunters must be at least one-quarter Alaska Native and belong to a coastal tribe.

Chicago's Shedd Aquarium has revealed the name of its newest sea otter. Ladies and gentlemen meet: Jade. Her new name honors ...

All otters are semi-aquatic, except for sea otters (Enhydra lutris) and marine otters ... These Whiskers Are Made for Hunting . Otters have whiskers on their muzzles, called vibrissae.

Sea otters are much larger than their river-dwelling cousins. Sea otters in California reach 50 to 70 pounds, while those in Alaska can weigh up to 100 pounds.

It’s Sea Otter Awareness Week, which has been recognized for more than two decades. It started as a way to inform people about the vital role these animals play in coastal marine ecosystems.

In the wild, baby sea otters can’t even swim on their own until they are a month old, and they spent six to eight months alongside their mother learning how to swim, hunt, groom, and all other ...

BACKGROUND. In North America sea otters once ranged from Baja California, Mexico, all the way to Alaska. Between 1741 and 1911, the maritime fur trade fueled voracious large-scale hunting and trapping ...