Two years after Otter 841 menaced wave riders near Santa Cruz, there have been new encounters between the furry marine mammals and surfers.

In parts of the ocean where sea otters face stark competition for their favorite kinds of food, some otters are getting by with the help of tools — like rocks and even glass bottles — that let them bash open tougher prey that they wouldn't otherwise be ...

Sea otters are one of the few animals that use rocks and other objects to access their food, and a new study has found that individual sea otters that use tools—most of whom are female—can eat larger prey and reduce tooth damage when their preferred ...

A Silicon Valley-based nonprofit has raised about $1.4 million of its $40-million target to protect California coastal sea otters, after the federal government has clawed back funds to support threatened wildlife.

UC Santa Cruz researchers are monitoring sea otters at Elkhorn Slough for potential impacts from the Moss Landing battery plant fire. RESEARCHERS ARE NOW CHECKING TO SEE IF THERE'S BEEN ANY IMPACT ACTION NEWS 8 CLIP#4884Ñ SEA OTTERS ARE A THREATENED ...

Otters, beavers and dormice are among the threatened wildlife that could be put at risk by new planning proposals, green groups have warned.

Advocates say Southern sea otters are thriving in California’s Elkhorn Slough, but could face new risks if a proposed law change weakens the Endangered Species Act.