It’s Sea Otter Awareness Week, which has been recognized for more than two decades. It started as a way to inform people about the vital role these animals play in coastal marine ecosystems.

A 24-year-old sea otter who helped raise 15 rescued pups at the Monterey Bay Aquarium has died, the California aquarium said. Rosa, the oldest sea otter at the aquarium, suffered from several ...

NEW YORK-- The New York Aquarium has a new resident. Ryder, the southern sea otter, was rescued from California in 2021. He was found underweight and without his mother, and the U.S. Fish and ...

The name received 554 votes out of 2,000 ballots cast in-person at the aquarium Wednesday. Jade is a 3-year-old rescued female nonreleasable southern sea otter who joins Shedd from the West Coast.