The push to reintroduce southern sea otters to greater sections of the California and Oregon coast is getting a big boost from a $1.56 million grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, ...

Male sea otters that are not sexually or socially mature 'don't get access to females," which, in turn, frustrates the otter; ...

Floating off the south coast of Vancouver Island is a lonely-looking sea otter with a dark secret – many dark secrets. Known to the whale watching community and his fans as ‘Ollie’, the infamous ...

The River Otter Ecology Project, led by W&M alums Megan Isadore and Terence Carroll, aims to advance community-led conservation of river otters across California through community science and ...

As invasive green crabs wreak havoc on California's estuaries, a new study has found that a restored sea otter population might be the solution. Yes, says ecologist Rikke Jeppesen, whose team at ...