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

Unlike most marine mammals, sea otters are primarily insulated by fur, not blubber. In fact they have the densest fur in the animal kingdom. Sadly that thick, resplendent coat has also given otters ...

Fortunately, sea otter pups also have a thick and buoyant fur coat. The mother sea otter blows warm air into her pup’s fur, which helps to keep them warm and stay afloat while she’s away.

Sea otters were once common around the North Pacific but were eradicated from southeast Alaska by about A.D. 1830 due to the commercial fur trade. In the 1960s, sea otters were re-introduced to ...

Most of the fur on the otters’ bodies is dark brown. Their faces and necks are a lighter brown with light brown to grey fur on their bellies. Like many mammals, otters have two layers of fur.

As it turns out, nature has a solution for everything; it is said that otters have biological 'pockets' under their fur for storing rocks and food. Is this true? Even otters have prized possessions.

After the marriage, Sea Otter would leave gifts on the beach for her community.” But the animals were hunted down to extinction during the fur trade era. The last known Oregon sea otter was shot ...

After being absent for more than a century, an effort to repopulate the Oregon Coast with sea otters is in the works. Oregon non-profit The Elakha Alliance was founded in 2018 by Tribal leaders and ...

Sea otters groom almost constantly, but this isn’t an act of vanity, by keeping the soft fur fluffed and the guard hairs clean otters are able to eat and relax without getting cold and wet.