A sea otter pup has gotten to the "otter" side of a scary situation — and his new home is celebrating his recent arrival. On Thursday, Chicago's Shedd Aquarium announced a new addition to its ...

ANCHORAGE - Sea otters that live from southwestern Cook Inlet to the tip of Alaska's Aleutian Chain will now get more federal protection and a biological investigation into why their population has ...

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 northern sea ...

Kootink Heather Douville of Craig teaches workshop participants how to skin a sea otter at the Elders and Youth Conference in Anchorage, Oct. 15. The workshop was hosted by the Central Council of ...

HOMER, Alaska — Roarke Brown, a charter boat captain since 1972 in this picturesque fishing village, remembers being able to tread out onto the Kachemak Bay mud flats at low tide to fill a 5-gallon ...

Sea otter handicrafts made by Anthony Charles on display at the Arts in the Cove festival on Prince of Wales Island on Aug. 8, 2025. For about a decade, Scott Jackson had a system. He was the owner of ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Sea otters used to frolic and feed in reefs near Cold Bay just off the western end of the Alaska Peninsula. No more. "That place used to be lousy with sea otters," said Douglas ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Northern sea otters, once hunted to the brink of extinction along Alaska’s Panhandle, have made a spectacular comeback by gobbling some of the state’s finest seafood — and ...

Along a remote stretch of the Alaskan coast, gray wolves have quietly rewritten the rules of what a top land predator eats.

Otters are truly fascinating creatures. These unique marine mammals are known for their dense coats, round bodies and expressive faces. Unless you're lucky enough to live by an ocean where sea otters ...

(AP) An Alaska state senator is proposing a bounty on sea otters, the cute little marine mammals often seen by tourists swimming on their backs between cruise ships, sometimes munching on a fresh crab ...

In Alaska, a state brimming with iconic wildlife — from grizzly bears to king salmon, humpback whales to harbor seals — the charismatic, densely coated sea otter stands out as perhaps the state’s most ...