“That pup is really relying on everything it learns from the mother to be able to survive in the ocean,” Zink said, adding ...

It is a heartbreaking origin story that is worthy of a Hollywood movie. On Sept. 9, a mother otter was carrying her newborn pup in her arms as she swam in Alaska’s Kachemak Bay. All of a sudden, the ...

Volunteers played a recording of the pup’s cries over a Bluetooth speaker for nearly two hours to help find the mother.

Using a Bluetooth speaker, a recording of its cries and a small boat, staff and volunteers from The Marine Mammal Center were ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. -- Surfers heading to Santa Cruz, California will have to keep a look out for a furry surfboard thief. A surfer at Steamer Lane says a sea otter bit her foot and then climbed onto ...

In Martin County, Florida, deputies have enlisted an unexpected new partner – an otter named Splash. Trained to detect human ...

A Florida sheriff's office is diving into a new kind of innovation with Splash, a 2-year-old otter trained to assist the ...