For years, the regulations about who could hunt sea otters in Alaska were confusing. Many thought hunters must be at least ...

A sea otter feeding in Glacier Bay, Alaska photographed by scientist Jim Bodkin. Click image for a larger view. Ironically, it is the otter's fur that brought the animal to the brink of extinction.

CHICAGO (AP) — An 8-week-old arrival from Alaska chirps loudly before devouring ice chips in the nursery at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium. He is Pup EL2306 — proper name to be determined — a ...

An eight-week-old sea otter pup was found alone in October in dire conditions in the remote town of Seldovia, Alaska. The Pup EL2306 was malnourished and was brought to the Alaska SeaLife Center ...

River otters are usually peaceful animals - but a spate of attacks in Anchorage, Alaska, has put local people on edge. Three attacks have been reported in the area, an unusual occurrence for the ...

Sea otters were once common around the North Pacific but were eradicated from southeast Alaska by about A.D. 1830 due to the commercial fur trade. In the 1960s, sea otters were re-introduced to ...

Sadly that thick, resplendent coat has also given otters some of the world's most valuable pelts. In North America sea otters once ranged from Baja California, Mexico, all the way to Alaska. Between ...