They were believed to be extinct until a small population was discovered off the rocky coast of Big Sur in 1914. They received federal protections in the 1970s. The first male sea otters arrived ...

California sea otters — also called southern sea otters — had almost disappeared and were believed extinct until a small group (or “raft”) of them appeared off the coast of Big Sur. Over the past few ...

Bixby is named after Bixby Estuary along California's Big Sur coast. This location is incredibly significant in the history of southern sea otters. It is the place where the last remaning southern ...

As invasive green crabs wreak havoc on California's estuaries, a new study has found that a restored sea otter population might be the solution. Yes, says ecologist Rikke Jeppesen, whose team at ...

“Between 1969 and 1972, 89 sea otters, taken from Alaska, were reintroduced to the coast of British Columbia,” said Cameron. But while the marine mammal can be seen rafting in big groups in places ...

"It's just the mating system that sea otters have." To add to the situation, sea otters are big — males can be the size of a German shepherd, she said. "They're mating with animals that are ...

It starts around Bodega Bay; extends south to about 50 miles west of San Francisco; and ends in the Big Sur region ... harbor seals, sea lions, and sea otters. Great whites prefer to prey on ...