Scientists discovered that river otter droppings contain large numbers of parasites that infect the animals’ prey, indicating that otters may play a significant role in shaping local food webs.

Keystone species play an outsized role in the ecosystem, affecting the natural balance in ways that cannot easily be replaced.

Ruby the sea otter's 10-year odyssey along the West Coast began as a 1-day-old pup, when someone spotted the abandoned fluffball on a central California beach.

Wildlife experts from The Marine Mammal Center rescued a distressed sea otter pup that had been separated from its mother in Morro Bay, California. After securing the threatened Southern sea otter pup ...

Zoo visitors can now say, "Hello!" to sea otters for the very first time at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden. Kevin and Chloe, two southern sea otters, arrived at the Cincinnati Zoo on Nov. 17, ...

The Cincinnati Zoo is welcoming a new species of otters for the first time.On Tuesday, the zoo announced that Southern sea otters Chloe and Kevin had arrived and can be seen by the public.The ...

(AP) — It was a foggy October afternoon on the central California coast when the Marine Mammal Center got a call on their public hotline: there were distressed cries coming from the frigid waters in ...

It was a foggy October afternoon on the central California coast when the Marine Mammal Center got a call on their public hotline: there were distressed cries coming from the frigid waters in Morro ...

A sea otter pup named Caterpillar was reunited with its mother in Morro Bay after two hours of searching, marking the first reunification in the area since 2019.The Marine Mammal Center shared a video ...

Sea otters have been exhibiting aggressive behavior toward surfers. In the month of October, there have been two incidents reported with the sea otters. In one of the incidents, a sea otter took over ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - This summer, the Alaska SeaLife Center gave a tiny sea otter pup a second chance at life. The three-month-old was discovered utterly alone and stranded on a Homer beach, ...