A paper published in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, finds high quantities of toxic "forever" chemicals in sea otters ...

Canadian researchers find higher concentrations of PFAS in sea otters near shipping routes and coastal cities.

As surfer-otter run-ins continue, researchers say people, not otters, are responsible. Human development has left Santa Cruz’s sea otters with nowhere to go, forcing them to get comfortable with ...

Otters are among the most adaptable mammals alive, thriving everywhere from icy coasts to steamy rainforests. This list reveals the eight largest species, from the massive giant otter of South America ...

AP, is a disease caused by parasitic worms. A seabird or shorebird consumes the parasite, which matures and lays eggs inside ...

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Alaska’s wolves are turning to the ocean for food, hunting sea otters and revealing how ecosystems overlap at the coast.

On Alaska’s remote Prince of Wales Island, gray wolves have developed an unexpected hunting habit: they’re preying on sea ...

All sea turtles are protected under the Endangered Species Act. However, some species are faring better than others.

An otter is hopping on surfboards in Santa Cruz's storied Steamers Lane. Two years ago, a similar situation played out in ...

Roarke Brown, a charter boat captain since 1972 in this picturesque fishing village, remembers being able to tread out onto ...

SANTA CRUZ — When a colleague passed the photo along to sea otter expert Gena Bentall, she thought it was fake. “The first thing I said was ‘That is 100% AI (artificial intelligence),” Bentall said ...