The harbour’s Cape Fur Seals have been provided with two seal ... found living at the V&A Waterfront is the Cape Clawless Otter. Harbour Monitor Abdullah Abrahams has been focussing primarily ...

Tilly, a river otter, came to the Oregon Zoo in 2009 as an injured and orphaned pup. She birthed four pups while at the zoo.

Where it lives: Rocky marine coastline from northern Peru to the islands of Cape Horn in ... Related: Lion-size otters ...

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 ...

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 ...

They have long tough guard hairs that are coated in oils to provide a waterproof barrier for their dense soft under fur. When fluffed up the soft fibres trap air giving the otter buoyancy and ...