SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Just three years after she was found covered in oil and near death, a California sea otter called Olive is a new mom — another milestone for the first otter to survive an oiling ...

An aquarium news release said Kenai had progressively deteriorating health and quality of life associated with advanced age. At 23 years old, Kenai exceeded the known median life expectancy of sea ...

Happy Friday! We’ve got your weekly debrief of what went on in Washington, DC, amid the government shutdown. But first, sea otters. The endangered species are critical to ensuring California’s coastal ...

On a blue-sky afternoon, kayakers paddle past dozens of sea lions lolling in the sun and make a beeline toward the sea otters lounging on beds of eel grass at Elkhorn Slough on California’s central ...

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 ...