Last month, a rowdy sea otter was stealing surfboards off the coast of Santa Cruz California, biting chunks out of surfboards, and even catching a few waves. It’s rare for a sea otter to get so close ...

The orphaned sea otter who became a foster mother to 15 pups. By Malia Wollan No one knows how Rosa was orphaned in September 1999, in Santa Cruz County, Calif. She was nameless then, just 4 weeks old ...

The California sea otter, once hunted to the edge of extinction, has staged a thrilling comeback in the last century. Now, a team of scientists has discovered that the otters' success story has led to ...

Two rescued sea otters showed off their dunking skills at the Oregon Zoo as they played “basketball,” part of the zoo’s enrichment program for the animals. This footage filmed and posted to X by the ...

A pair of otters got an early start to enjoying a snow day in Maryland. Security cameras captured the fun at 7 a.m. at ...

Though some wildlife experts hate the cutesy names that their fellow researchers have trued giving animals, others recognize that it may help the public understand where these animals fit in ...