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 ...

A new otter will soon be splashing around the Monterey Bay Aquarium. The otter was stranded off the coast of San Luis Obispo ...

Naturalist Stan Tekiela explores the enduring charm, biology, and resilience of sea otters during a recent photo tour in ...

A sea otter’s grooming routine is not just to keep clean, it’s also crucial to their survival. This beautiful footage from wildlife videographer tammy_ascher shows a mother sea otter grooming ...

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.

If you’ve ever seen a picture or video of sea otters floating on their backs, holding hands as they snooze, you’ve probably ...

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

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 ...

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.” ...

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 ...

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 ...