Visitors at the recreational spot would be shocked to witness an unsuspecting visitor suffering an animal bite. Officials ...

The conflict between protecting endangered species and supporting vital cultures is at play in other places as well. In ...

Otters are well known for their playful, energetic, and inquisitive behavior. However, did you know that otter play has a ...

Otters are well loved for a variety of reasons, including their adorable personalities and affinity for holding hands. But ...

After missing from the Oregon coast for more than a century, sea otters are getting a step closer to staging a comeback. Local tribes and nonprofits have received a $1.56 million grant to lead the ...

"So in other words, you can say that sea otters are our assistant managers of the estuary for invasive species control." What's more, they're biologically predisposed to eating a lot of crabs ...

NPR's Juana Summers speaks to researcher Rikke Jeppesen about her work on how sea otters, which were hunted to almost near extinction, have been able to thrive by eating up to 120,000 crabs a year.

So to sustain sea otter health and keeping warm, they just need to eat a lot. And we did a high and a low estimate of how many green crabs can the sea otter population actually consume over the ...