An orphaned sea otter was found on a beach in Alaska, officials said. Photo by Nadhira Riezza on Unsplash An orphaned sea otter pup discovered alone on an Alaska beach is now getting 24/7 care, ...

The Alaska SeaLife Center recently rescued two orphaned northern sea otter pups in two weeks, doubling the number of otter pups the center is currently caring for and marking an uptick in “orphaned, ...

Sea otter diagnosed with asthma after being exposed to wildfire smoke. — -- A Seattle sea otter is learning to use a life-saving new toy: An inhaler. Dubbed "Mishka," the sea otter was diagnosed ...

Seldovia is one of six sea otters at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium, but the only one from Alaska. (Courtesy Shedd Aquarium) An otter pup rescued in Seldovia last October now has a new name. The otter was ...

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 ...

(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 ...

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 ...