This specific conservation effort to save California sea otters stretches back to the 1980s, and marine biologists couldn't be happier about the study's resounding success. "It would cost tens of ...

Unlike most marine mammals, sea otters are primarily insulated by fur, not blubber. In fact they have the densest fur in the animal kingdom. Sadly that thick, resplendent coat has also given otters ...

On Thursday, the Aquarium of the Pacific released its first Marine Species Report Card, detailing the population trends of 30 ...

“Seeing a group of several hundred densely aggregated otters is a pretty spectacular sight,” Womble said. It’s also a remarkable conservation story. When Womble first came to the park in the mid-1990s ...

The International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources ranks sea otters as endangered on its Red List. Thanks to conservation activities, sea otter populations have increased to ...

Sea otter imports to Japan from the United States ceased in 1998, and from Russia in 2003. In 2000, the International Union for Conservation of Nature listed the sea otter as endangered.