Wild sea otters are no longer such a rare sight along the eastern coast of Hokkaido, Japan’s northernmost main island.

Gena Bentall paddled her kayak deep into Elkhorn Slough on the lookout for the flip of a tail or the bob of a head. About a mile in, sea otters bobbed in the water everywhere. Some dove under the ...

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Otters and California's sea urchin and lobster fisheries are a bad mix, and fishermen are taking legal action to protect ...

Oregon resumes SNAP renewal interviews as advocates warn more could lose benefits Oregon has cut SNAP benefits for 40,000 people since July 2025, and advocates warn up to 187,000 could be affected as ...

It’s Sea Otter Awareness Week, so KSBW wanted to look at how the Central Coast’s sea otter population is doing. According to the Monterey Bay Aquarium, southern sea otters are considered endangered, ...

Studying endangered animal species without disturbing them and disrupting their natural habitat could be highly advantageous, as it would contribute to their protection and prevent unnecessary stress.

Eurasian Otter (Lutra lutra) Adult with wet fur looking.© Colin Seddon/Shutterstock.com Over 200 species of flora and fauna go extinct daily. Some of these species go extinct before they are ...

While Sea Otter populations have somewhat recovered, they are still classified as Endangered by the IUCN. Threats such as ...