The sea otter’s grooming regimen will be familiar to anyone with a cat. Like cats, sea otters spend considerable time licking ...

Instead, they rely on the densest fur in the animal kingdom—over ... Under each forearm, sea otters have flaps of loose skin that function like built-in pockets. These pouches allow them to ...

Unlike most marine mammals, sea otters are primarily insulated by fur, not blubber. In fact they have the densest fur in the animal kingdom. Sadly that thick, resplendent coat has also given otters ...

In 1745, when fur traders advanced from Siberia eastward ... leaving a boy to look after the dugout. One had a fine sea otter skin for which he asked four hundred dollars. Mr. Harriman offered ...

Jane Goodall is returning to the Monterey Peninsula to speak at Sunset Center on April 7, during a sold-out lecture on behalf ...

The sea otter is one of ... cold water from reaching their skin. Sea otters groom almost constantly, but this isn’t an act of vanity, by keeping the soft fur fluffed and the guard hairs clean ...

They have the densest fur in the animal kingdom – a million hairs per square inch. Sea otters are the smallest marine mammals on earth. They have well rounded teeth adapted for crushing shells ...