The sea otter’s grooming regimen will be familiar to anyone with a cat. Like cats, sea otters spend considerable time licking ...

This is crucial for the long-term health and survival of sea otters. “Without their teeth, they clearly can’t eat anything. So then they die,” Law told NPR. “What we’re suggesting is ...

Stimuli (such as kayakers) that are closer have a much greater likelihood of disturbing sea otters and increasing their energetic costs, potentially affecting their health and survival.

For just 24 hours starting March 26, the public will have a chance to vote for the name of the aquarium's newest sea otter.

A new otter will soon be splashing around the Monterey Bay Aquarium. The otter was stranded off the coast of San Luis Obispo County when she was 3 weeks old and unable to fend for herself, according ...

Otter families of mother and children can be seen enjoying such fun, which also teaches survival skills. Males do not help raise young otters. Females retreat to their underground dens to deliver ...

An abandoned sea otter is the newest resident at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. The aquarium is now asking the public to choose ...

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

She can also potentially help other orphaned pups in the future - resident sea otters may act as adoptive mothers or companions to stranded young pups, and teach them survival skills such as ...

A new otter will soon be splashing around the Monterey Bay Aquarium. The otter was stranded off the coast of San Luis Obispo County when she was 3 weeks old and unable to fend for herself ...

which pioneered a surrogacy program that pairs stranded sea otter pups with otter moms who teach them survival skills before they are returned to the wild. Aquarium scientists study otters' lives ...