Imagine gliding through the chilly, emerald-green waters of the Pacific, sunlight flickering through waving forests of kelp.

Sea otters are keystone species in kelp forests. Kelp forests rely on the top-down pressure sea otters exert via predation on ...

Otters eat while floating on their backs, using their chests as dining tables. THREATS: Wastes containing heavy metals, pesticides, and PCBs continually pour into coastal waters, threatening sea otter ...

Unlike most marine mammals, sea otters are primarily insulated by fur, not blubber. In fact they have the densest fur in the animal kingdom. Sadly that thick, resplendent coat has also given otters ...

Li’l Orphan Otter was sent on to the Monterey Bay Aquarium, where staff from the Sea Otter Program have spent the last year getting her settled in and readying her for imminent fame. In March, the ...