The BriefA sea otter is stealing surfers' boards in Santa Cruz's Steamer Lane.One incident promoted an emergency water rescue ...

A sea otter in Santa Cruz, California, is known for harassing surfers and stealing their surfboards.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife previously recommended that kayakers should keep at least 60 feet away from sea otters and avoid large ...

Southern sea otters, which are often referred to as California sea otters, populate the central coast of California and are ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to print (Opens in new window) A southern sea otter (not Otter 841!) enjoys the seafood bounty ...

In Monterey Bay, California, southern sea otters face food scarcity as their preferred prey, urchins and abalone, have declined due to climate change, overfishing and other environmental factors. To ...

CONEY ISLAND, Brooklyn (WABC) -- After a warm welcome and trip across the country, two southern sea otters now call the New York Aquarium their home. The adult female otters were rescued off the coast ...

In the early 1990s, southern sea otters were nearly hunted to extinction. After becoming a protected species, their population rebounded from about 50 in 1938 to 3,000 today, the Aquarium of the ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Southern sea otter pup Bennett is getting ready for his debut at SeaWorld San Diego just a few months after being rescued as a newborn from a central California beach. Bennett ...

A trio of southern sea otters frolic in a Monterey Bay wave near the end of Rockview Drive in Pleasure Point this week. According to the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s website, the bay is currently host to ...

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 ...