Utterly charming, otters are web-footed animals that inhabit rivers and seas around North America, Asia, Europe, Africa, and ...

From touch pools to coral reef habitats, this Southern California aquarium offers cool ocean breezes, family fun, and a ...

The Monterey Bay Aquarium has doubled the size of its otter rehabilitation center, enhancing its capacity to rescue, rehabilitate, and release sea otters back into the wild.

Mussel bonanza benefits sea otters Monterey Bay Aquarium researchers have been observing sea otter foraging behavior for decades.

An abandoned sea otter is the newest resident at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. The aquarium is now asking the public to choose her name.

You’ve likely seen those heartwarming images of darling little sea otters floating on their backs with their tiny hands clasped together as they bob along the waves. It’s super cute of course ...

As a keystone species in Pacific Ocean near-shore waters, sea otters play an important role in their ocean ecosystem by eating sea urchins, which helps keep the populations in check.

The Aquarium of the Pacific also housed some non-releasable sea otters from Monterey, allowing Monterey Bay Aquarium to redirect resources to more releasable foster pups.

Sea Otter Awareness Week, which takes place annually throughout the last week of September, aims to bring attention to sea otters and their role in the North Pacific ecosystem.

The week includes themed games, educational talks and opportunities to meet the zoo’s three resident sea otters.

An unusually aggressive sea otter that made quite the splash last summer is back hanging out off the coast of Santa Cruz. The backstory: The fearless 6-year-old female, known as southern sea otter ...