MONTEREY — On-call staff members at the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s sea otter rescue and conservation program rescued a six-month-old otter stranded on San Carlos Beach in July. She was emaciated and ...
Sea Otter Awareness Week is celebrated annually from September 21 to September 27 to highlight not only why the keystone marine mammal needs to continue to be protected, but also the threats the ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Another sea otter pup has moved into the Aquarium of the Pacific — but with help from her new surrogate mother, it may eventually be released back into the wild. This is the first time a sea otter pup ...
Sea otters are famed for their luscious pelts, but the fur almost led to their extinction. By 1938, only a tiny population of ~50 remained clinging to the central California coast. Since then, the ...
A sea otter floats on its back. Communities in Southeast Alaska are ramping up calls on the federal government to better manage the region’s booming sea otter population and its impacts on key ...
SANTA CRUZ — Let us know if this sounds familiar. First responders rushed to the iconic surf break Steamer Lane off of West Cliff Drive around dusk Wednesday after receiving reports of a surfer in ...