The newest addition to Shedd Aquarium’s rescued sea otters officially has a name: Jade. The aquarium revealed the name Monday ...

Shedd announced the results of recent on-site voting for the name of its newest nonreleasable southern sea otter, who was ...

California wildlife officials are hoping to apprehend a 5-year-old sea otter, who has a knack for riding the waves after committing longboard larceny. By Annie Roth Annie Roth lives in Santa Cruz ...

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

Welcome to Velo’s Sea Otter Classic coverage, where we share our favorite things we’ve seen at the 2025 show. Bikes, components, everything racing, and more: if we think it’s cool, you’ll ...

Sea otters have up to 1,000,000 hairs per square inch, giving them the thickest fur of any animal on the planet. The human head only has about 2,000 hairs per square inch.

The high jinks of a 5-year-old southern sea otter who likes to steal surfboards off the coast of California have attracted international attention, endangered people and put the otter's life at risk.

Item 1 of 5 A sea otter stands as another sea otter emerges from water, at the Aquarium of the Pacific, in Long Beach, California, U.S., April 11, 2024. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni ...

The 5-year-old female southern sea otter was first seen hijacking surfboards in Santa Cruz last September. Officials successfully drove the otter away from the area, but she has since returned.

Sea otters don't just have the densest fur of all otters—they have the densest fur of all animals. Otters have as many as 2.6 million hairs per square inch. That makes it about a thousand times ...

An adult sea otter can weigh 30 to 100 pounds, and reach 5 feet in length. Since then, Woodward has witnessed three more encounters and has heard about plenty more.