Washington state has several laws in place regarding animal ownership. You cannot take home wild animals without a permit. It ...

In North America sea otters once ranged from Baja California, Mexico, all the way to Alaska. Between 1741 and 1911, the maritime fur trade fueled voracious large-scale hunting and trapping that ...

Sea otters are the only marine mammals with no blubber or layer of fat to survive in cold waters. Instead, they have the ...

It’s Sea Otter Awareness Week, which has been recognized for more than two decades. It started as a way to inform people ...

Nora, a rescued river otter melting hearts at the Maryland Zoo, is about to move to the Virginia Living Museum in Newport ...

[Gena] Their appetites are ridiculous. [Michelle] There's actually over 60 different species of prey items that otters eat. [Gena] Things like crabs, worms, clams, marine snails, obviously they're ...

There is something cute and fun and hopeful about otters. Dad has always loved them. Nurtured by Nature, a conservancy in ...

This week is your last chance to bid farewell to Nora, the popular otter at Maryland ZooShe will be moving to the Virginia ...

Research done by Brent Hughes, a Sonoma State University professor, shows that sea otters help restore seagrasses and balance ...

More from the WDFW: River otters (Lontra canadensis) are relatively common throughout Washington and can be found in fresh, brackish, or saltwater habitats. The species is mostly aquatic ...

“I wouldn’t say the otters' behavior was abnormal or indicative of illness; many wild species are fierce in protecting their young.” ...

The astonishing diversity of carnivorans in the Late Miocene helps us understand their ecological roles.