Sea otters are one of nature’s most fascinating creatures, beloved for their playful personalities and critical role in ...

On a recent trip near Tofino a "big highlight" ended up not being any of the ocean giants, but rather a raft of otters.

They are members of the phylum Echinodermata, which first appeared during the Cambrian explosion. Their list of close relatives includes starfish, sand dollars (themselves irregular, flattened sea ...

Kelp once formed “underwater rainforests” on the California coast, but these fragile ecosystems have largely disappeared. At a marine lab near the Bay Area, scientists are trying to bring them back.

Wondrous kelp beds harbor a complex ecosystem that’s teeming with life, cleaning the water and the atmosphere, and bringing ...

The Little Mermaid statue (cousin to the famous one in Copenhagen) watches over the town from her fountain perch. Horse-drawn carriages carry visitors past buildings with thatched roofs and flower ...

For those who prefer their recreation more horizontal, Sand Dollar Beach offers some of the best lounging real estate on the Central Coast. The wide expanse of sand provides ample room to spread out ...

Kevin and Chloe, two southern sea otters, arrived at the Cincinnati Zoo on Nov. 17, and have since made Sea Otter Coast their ...

A sea otter enjoyed whirling around her new habitat at the Cincinnati Zoo on Wednesday, November 19, after the zoo welcomed ...

“That pup is really relying on everything it learns from the mother to be able to survive in the ocean,” Zink said, adding that a mother sea otter cares for her pup for up to nine months, often ...

The Cincinnati Zoo is welcoming a new species of otters for the first time.On Tuesday, the zoo announced that Southern sea otters Chloe and Kevin had arrived and can be seen by the public.The ...

It was a foggy October afternoon on the central California coast when the Marine Mammal Center got a call on their public hotline: there were distressed cries coming from the frigid waters in Morro ...