A sea otter feeding in Glacier Bay, Alaska photographed by scientist Jim Bodkin. Click image for a larger view. Ironically, it is the otter's fur that brought the animal to the brink of extinction.

Cordova, Alaska, USA Info from Licensor: "He’s staying nice and warm in the frigid waters of Alaska as he forages for food.

After centuries of overhunting by fur traders, sea otters have largely disappeared from the Oregon and Northern California ...

Sadly that thick, resplendent coat has also given otters some of the world's most valuable pelts. In North America sea otters once ranged from Baja California, Mexico, all the way to Alaska. Between ...

Meet Ollie, the “Salish Sea Serial Killer,” a cute, furry sea otter with a dark side and a rap sheet longer than the ‘Colwood ...

Between 1969 and 1972, some 89 sea otters were reintroduced to the B.C. coast from Alaska – and though their population now numbers in the thousands up north, few have been documented along the South ...

There are three species of sea otters: Northern sea otters are found in the Pacific Ocean along the coast of Washington, Canada, and Alaska. Southern (or California) sea otters live off the ...

Luckily, efforts to keep the pesky critters under control have been bolstered by an unexpected helper—sea otters. A new study published in Biological Invasions shows that southern sea otters are ...