As for the Monterey Bay, sea otters keep urchins with an insatiable taste for kelp in check. That’s something Dane Durand, who manages the Aquarius Dive Shop in Monterey, definitely appreciates.

A wild sea otter gave the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California a pleasant surprise recently when she gave birth to an "otterly" adorable sea otter pup.

See Monterey’s sea-otter paradise with a ride on a unique, electric catamaran Elkhorn Slough has playful otters, harbor seals and weirdo sea creatures. What better way to see it than in a ...

MONTEREY, CA – NOVEMBER 2: Monterey Bay Aquarium Marine Biologist Sandrine Hazan, of Monterey, left, and volunteer Tammy Slenkovich, of Aptos, carry a sea otter to an area to get it vaccinated ...

Rosa and Selka are part of a group of surrogate sea otters who can’t be released back into the wild, either because of injury or inability to stay away from humans. But they still can teach t… ...

(Monterey Herald file) “Sea otters, among marine mammals, are especially vulnerable to human disturbance,” said Gena Bentall, director and senior scientist with Sea Otter Savvy.

The Monterey Bay Aquarium is the nation’s leading aquarium for rescuing, raising and rehabilitating sea otters. Since it opened, the aquarium has taken in 625.

Rosa, the oldest sea otter at Monterey Bay Aquarium in California at age 24, has died after raising 15 rescued otter pups.

By comparing tidal plots where otters were free to roam and feed with areas they were restricted from entering, the researchers established that the presence of sea otters reduced erosion rates by ...

MONTEREY, CA – NOVEMBER 2: A sea otter is restrained as Monterey†Bay Aquarium veterinarian Dr. Mike Murray, top right, administers a COVID-19 vaccine in Monterey, Calif., on Wednesday, Nov. 2 ...

Rosa and Selka get lots of attention in their starring roles at the public daily feedings at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, especially during Sea Otter Awareness Week. But some of their most important … ...