An abandoned sea otter is the newest resident at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. The aquarium is now asking the public to choose ...

Mr Scase added: "We have had a particular increase in numbers in the last few years. "We know there is an increasing number ...

Among Minnesota’s many famous animal statues, Otto is worth a look. Located in the city of Fergus Falls, the 40-foot long ...

Sea otter mamas are parenting on hard mode. They give birth in the water, to blind, helpless infants who have to be carried around on their bellies for weeks, nursing them while holding them on their ...

While working on remote Alaskan islands, he found where sea otters were absent, sea urchin populations mushroomed, overtaking kelp forests. He concluded the small mammals were integral to maintaining ...

One malnourished lioness had spent her life confined to an apartment. Another was so shell-shocked she could barely walk.

SUAMICO, Wis. (WBAY/Gray) - A zoo in Wisconsin is searching for river otters who escaped from their enclosure during a winter storm. The NEW Zoo in Suamico, Wisconsin, reported two of their North ...

He discovered that sea otters play a key role in keeping kelp forests healthy. Otters eat sea urchins, which are animals that feed on kelp. When there aren’t enough otters, sea urchins multiply and ...