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Local tribes and nonprofits have received a grant to lead the planning effort to bring back the furry mammals, which have ...

In part 1 of my recent trip to coastal Alaska we had very close encounter with a mating pair of brown bears. After nearly a week photographing the bears we flew out of the wilderness and back to ...

Most folks are also probably familiar with the cute and fuzzy sea otters of ... are awake at night and sleep during the day. They're also generally very shy. River otters are top-level predators ...

Staying warm is especially challenging for small, aquatic mammals like sea otters, so we wanted to know how they have adapted to survive the cold. We assembled a research team with expertise in both ...

FUKUOKA--Only three sea otters remain at aquariums in Japan, and they are now treated like rock stars because of their advancing years. Japan was once home to dozens of the cute mammals.

Wild sea otters are no longer such a rare sight along the eastern coast of Hokkaido, Japan’s northernmost main island. Experts reckon there are now more than 50 of the endangered marine ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. I write about the ocean, climate change, and the future of our planet. Along the coast of British Columbia, Canada, researchers have been ...

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 ...