Sea otters are keystone species in kelp forests. Kelp forests rely on the top-down pressure sea otters exert via predation on ...

They attempted to pair her with a sea otter surrogate mother, but found her weight was ... the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. SeaWorld’s baby Emperor penguin joins colony in time for ‘Inside ...

Once a sea otter pup loses its baby fur, it can dive with its mother to learn how to find food. The pups are dependent on their mothers until they are fully weaned between 6-8 months old.

North American river otter mom Tilly is teaching her new pup Mo how to swim by diving into the water with the baby animal at the Oregon Zoo A doting river otter mother is working on getting her ...

“Opal may act as a surrogate mother to orphaned sea otter pups as part of our sea otter surrogacy program,” the aquarium wrote. The Monterey Bay Aquarium’s newest sea otter, Opal. is seen ...