Southern sea otters gather in the seaweed in Morro Bay Harbor, California. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in September 2023 found that southern sea otters remain a threatened species. SAN LUIS ...

Despite recent efforts by sea urchin harvesters to reduce protections for southern sea otters under the Endangered Species Act, the species is still at risk, federal officials say. The fuzzy marine ...

Chanel Hason gets a lot of false reports of sea otters on the Oregon Coast. "I get email several times a month of someone saying they saw a sea otter running along the beach in Oregon somewhere,” said ...

MONTEREY — Within the last century, the recovery of southern sea otters, the unofficial mascot of Central California, has contributed to the health of California’s underwater forests according to a ...

MONTEREY, Calif. (KGO) -- They may wear fur coats instead of red capes. But these sea otters are still environmental super heroes, helping to restore scenic Elkhorn Slough near Moss Landing on ...

Researchers examining a century of ocean maps made an exciting discovery linking sea otter populations to kelp forests: Where sea otters thrive, so do these critical underwater habitats. The research ...

STORY: Every year, around 10 to 15 sea otter pups are found stranded off California's coast, often from storms that separate mother and offspring. Now, two aquariums in the state are teaming up in the ...

SANTA BARBARA — Claiming that federally protected sea otters continue to overgraze commercially important urchin beds, a group of fishermen wants a Los Angeles judge to enforce a “no otter” zone by ...

NEWPORT Ore. (KPTV) - A new study from Oregon State University has found that a rising purple sea urchin population off the southern Oregon Coast has had a negative impact on the gray whales usually ...

MONTEREY — Within the last century, the recovery of southern sea otters, the unofficial mascot of Central California, has contributed to the health of California’s underwater forests according to a ...