Jane Goodall is returning to the Monterey Peninsula to speak at Sunset Center on April 7, during a sold-out lecture on behalf ...

California sea otters — also called southern sea otters — had almost disappeared and were believed extinct until a small group (or “raft”) of them appeared off the coast of Big Sur. Over the past few ...

Sea otters help kelp forests recover by controlling sea urchins, but their impact varies. In British Columbia, recovery was ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on ... paid for by those who can afford it. Adorably fuzzy sea otters aren’t just cute. The marine mammals serve ...

The best time to visit Big Sur is from September to November ... as females come ashore and give birth during the last half of the month. Sea otters also give birth to new pups from January ...

It starts around Bodega Bay; extends south to about 50 miles west of San Francisco; and ends in the Big Sur region ... harbor seals, sea lions, and sea otters. Great whites prefer to prey on ...