"Sea otters," says marine biologist Jim Bodkin, " have absolutely the finest fur in the animal kingdom. If you've ever held one in your hands, you would know why. They have an incredibly dense and ...

FUKUOKA--Only three sea otters remain at aquariums in Japan, and they are now treated like rock stars because of their advancing years. Japan was once home to dozens of the cute mammals.

Sea otters were once common around the North Pacific but were eradicated from southeast Alaska by about A.D. 1830 due to the commercial fur trade. In the 1960s, sea otters were re-introduced to ...

So, what had changed in this tiny sliver of the California Coast? She believes it was the return of native sea otters, in greater numbers. "Given that the of population size is about 100 and 120 ...

Most folks are also probably familiar with the cute and fuzzy sea otters of the West Coast of the U.S. (think “cuddle party” from Finding Dory). But there are otters in the Central and Eastern ...

But to her surprise, Jeppesen learned there was a much simpler way to remove the crabs in the slough she studied: furry and hungry sea otters. Sea otters are rare in most ecosystems after they ...