An aggressive sea otter in Santa Cruz’s famous Steamer Lane is accused of stealing a surfer’s board and prompting an ...

While surfing at Steamer Lane, a popular surf spot, 21-year-old Isabella Orduna felt a “nip” on her foot. She rolled into the ...

People in the community are calling on surfers and others in the ocean to keep their distance for their own safety and that ...

U.S. Fish and Wildlife previously recommended that kayakers should keep at least 60 feet away from sea otters and avoid large ...

Recent visitors to Crystal’s Bassett Creek Park were treated to a special sight, as a family of river otters played in the ...

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

Their fur is so soft it almost led to their extinction, but otters’ recovery has been a boon to Pacific kelp forests, a key ...

Sea otters were once hunted nearly to extinction because their dense fur was valued as an insulator for clothing. Recent research shows the benefits and challenges of restoring otters in their ...

After Taylor Swift wore a vintage Monterey Bay Aquarium otter T-shirt, the California aquarium reissued the item for Swifties ...

A river otter has been spotted in the Detroit River for the first time in a century. Eric Ste Marie, a marine ecologist studying at Windsor University in Ontario, told CNN that the remarkable sighting ...

An otter T-shirt worn by Taylor Swift inspired her loyal fans to shell out more than $2.3 million to a Northern California ...