Zoo visitors can now say, "Hello!" to sea otters for the very first time at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden. Kevin and Chloe, two southern sea otters, arrived at the Cincinnati Zoo on Nov. 17, ...
The Cincinnati Zoo is welcoming a new species of otters for the first time.On Tuesday, the zoo announced that Southern sea otters Chloe and Kevin had arrived and can be seen by the public.The ...
Splash the otter was bored. So, he did what any intelligent mammal with dexterous paws would do. He pushed his plastic sleeping crate across the room and up against the door. Splash then hopped onto ...
MONTEREY — On-call staff members at the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s sea otter rescue and conservation program rescued a six-month-old otter stranded on San Carlos Beach in July. She was emaciated and ...
The last confirmed sighting of the marine mammal in question, known as Otter 841, was in May 2024. However, surfers reported multiple otter-related incidents in October 2025, suggesting she might be ...
Their fur is so soft it almost led to their extinction, but otters’ recovery has been a boon to Pacific kelp forests, a key habitat for other sealife Sea otters use their agile, grippy forepaws to ...
SANTA CRUZ — When a colleague passed the photo along to sea otter expert Gena Bentall, she thought it was fake. “The first thing I said was ‘That is 100% AI (artificial intelligence),” Bentall said ...
Oct. 20 (UPI) --Visitors to a California beach are warning of an aggressive otter with a habit of stealing surfboards -- and it isn't the first time. Isabella Orduna said she was surfing Wednesday ...
Stealing surfboards, nipping feet, even chasing down surfers: “Our local sea otters—or possibly just one—are getting feisty again,” California photographer Mark Woodward tells Smithsonian magazine via ...
Two years after Otter 841 menaced wave riders near Santa Cruz, there have been new encounters between the furry marine mammals and surfers. By Annie Roth Annie Roth lives in Santa Cruz, Calif., wrote ...
SANTA CRUZ — When a colleague passed the photo along to sea otter expert Gena Bentall, she thought it was fake. “The first thing I said was ‘That is 100% AI (artificial intelligence),” Bentall said ...