There are 13 species of otter, with southern sea otters being one of the largest. “They are one of the few tool users in the animal kingdom,” Law said. One species of river otter lives in Texas.

A U.S. Coast Guard cutter intercepted 36 migrants attempting to enter the United States illegally on a 33-foot vessel early ...

The Alaska SeaLife Center on Nov. 16 admitted to their Wildlife Response Program a juvenile northern sea otter with ...

What happens if an otter pup gets separated from its mother? In some aquariums, otter surrogacy programs are finding success.

For years, the regulations about who could hunt sea otters in Alaska were confusing. Many thought hunters must be at least ...

Guests can view the otters at the Sea Cliffs exhibit at the aquarium. "We are happy to provide a home for these rescued ...

Their numbers plummeted. In the 20th century, California sea otters — also called southern sea otters — had almost disappeared and were believed extinct until a small group (or “raft”) of them ...

This location is incredibly significant in the history of southern sea otters. It is the place where the last remaning southern sea otters were discovered in 1938. Before then, southern sea otters ...

But beneath the sweet façade lies an opportunistic predator that has become a menace to biodiversity in the southern parts of ... a river otter endemic to Chile which is prominently listed ...