Sophia is your community news reporter covering the North Coast of San Luis Obispo County, including Los Osos, Morro Bay, Cayucos, Cambria and San Simeon. It’s Sea Otter Awareness Week, which has been ...

Sea otters are surprisingly good at using tools. If they come across a particularly tough clam shell and they are desperate ...

CLEARWATER, Fla. (WFLA) — The Clearwater Marine Aquarium (CMA) has welcomed a North American River otter to join its “Otter Oasis.” “Opie” the otter arrived at the Nature World Wildlife Sanctuary of ...

Just by eating sea urchins and destructive shellfish, sea otters are keeping kelp forests healthy and coastal erosion at bay.

CLEARWATER, Fla. — A young male otter is adjusting to his new habitat Wednesday at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium. Nicknamed Opie, the North American river otter spent weeks getting acquainted with ...

WASHINGTON — A Maryland aquatic museum is about to welcome a new otter. And if you can correctly guess the cute creature’s name, you could win a behind-the-scenes tour of the museum and a chance to ...

Monika Rohrer, a volunteer with the Marine Mammal Physiology Project, works with Morgan the otter. Rohrer was a lead volunteer in Olive’s rehabilitation. (Photo by Carolyn Lagattuta) The young sea ...

Calvert Marine Museum staff and guests celebrated two otters’ birthdays on Saturday at the annual Otter Mania event. Calvert County residents of all ages attended the March 23 event despite heavy rain ...

A sea otter mother was given a touching reunion with her pup in the waters off Morro Bay thanks to a local nonprofit. On Oct. 20, The Marine Mammal Center’s San Luis Obispo team spotted a sea otter ...

Two river otters residing at Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium died after their evacuation from the facility on City Island, in response to Hurricane Milton. Mote announced their deaths, along with ...

CLEARWATER, Fla. (BLOOM) — The Clearwater Marine Aquarium is excited to welcome Opie, a charming North American river otter, to its Otter Oasis exhibit, joining veteran otters Walle and Boomer. After ...