Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SAN FRANCISCO – A California ecosystem has gotten a big boost from an adorable, fluffy and hungry friend. At Elkhorn Slough ...

Interspecies friendships between humans and wild animals aren't common, to say the least. Wild animals tend to be understandably wary of us, and vice versa. On top of that, there are a lot of state ...

Just by eating sea urchins and destructive shellfish, sea otters are keeping kelp forests healthy and coastal erosion at bay.

You’ve likely seen those heartwarming images of darling little sea otters floating on their backs with their tiny hands clasped together as they bob along the waves. It’s super cute of course, but why ...

CHICAGO -- The baby sea otter rescued in California is having a ball at the Shedd Aquarium, as she gets comfortable in her new home. Dubbed Pup 681, she seems to be developing quite a personality, as ...

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 ...

SAN FRANCISCO – A California ecosystem has gotten a big boost from an adorable, fluffy and hungry friend. At Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, a newly-reinvigorated population of ...