Our follow-up lawsuit the next year resulted in a settlement forcing the designation of critical habitat, finalized in 2009 at 5,855 square miles of ocean. Check out our press releases to learn more ...

After centuries of overhunting by fur traders, sea otters have largely disappeared from the Oregon and Northern California ...

Two North American river otters, Stella and Fynn, arrived at Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium Dec. 4 and are getting acclimated to the Florida Watershed Wildlife habitat at Mote. Sadly ...

Despite their low numbers, sea otters consume voracious kelp-eating sea urchins at a high enough rate that kelp forests continue to persist and provide habitat for numerous species. Without sea ...

These otters swim by propelling themselves with their powerful tails and flexing their long bodies. They also have webbed feet, water repellent fur to keep them dry and warm, and nostrils and ears ...

Biologist Jim Bodkin, who studies the otters in Glacier Bay, says that "the otter is a keystone species, that it is a species that plays a pivotal role in its habitat. Scientists have been able to ...

The habitat exhibit itself, which opened in 2016 as "Otters and their Waters," offers an educational opportunity on the importance of protecting the watershed, which is land that drains into ...