A southern sea otter (Enhydra lutris nereis) foraging on a purple sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus) in Monterey Bay, California, USA. Image by Morgan Rector. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert!

Sea otter imports to Japan from the United States ceased in 1998, and from Russia in 2003. In 2000, the International Union for Conservation of Nature listed the sea otter as endangered.

More than a decade later, we helped uphold the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s decision to end a program relocating sea otters from a large portion of Southern California waters, including a ...

Disaster could follow. Africa's vultures are disappearing. Disaster could follow. Wolves hunt sea otters and seals, a startling find Wolves hunt sea otters and seals, a startling find Sea otters ...

Open the Youtube video Sea otters are the smallest marine mammals, but they have some incredible adaptations to thrive in the ocean. Unlike seals and whales, they don’t have a thick layer of blubber ...

The sea otter is one of 13 species of otter and is a member of the weasel family. It can be found on the Pacific coasts of North America and Asia. Sea otters spend most of their lives in the water ...

In the early 1970s, nearly 100 sea otters from Alaska’s Aleutian Islands were brought to Oregon. About half were released in Port Orford in 1970 and 1971 and the rest at Cape Arago in 1971. The ...

Considered a delicacy in several parts of the world, sea urchin, or uni in Japanese, is prized for its unique flavor. But the cost of the gonads — the orange tongues found inside an urchin ...

The life of a sea otter is filled with dangers, from oil spills and pollution to devastating storms and habitat loss. As the video above shows, even a powerful wave could potentially spell ...

Advocates hope their plan will spur the federal government to put sea otter reintroduction on a fast-track, possibly returning the animals within a decade. FAILED REINTRODUCTION Sea otters were ...

As you’ll see in this video, it is actually a rather clever survival strategy for a sea otter! The life of a sea otter is filled with dangers, from oil spills and pollution to devastating storms ...