This beautiful footage from wildlife videographer tammy_ascher shows a mother sea otter grooming her pup’s face. Keep reading to learn why this mother’s attentiveness is so important.

This was on full display last week while I was leading a photographic tour of bald eagles and sea otters in Alaska.

“We’re otter-ly excited to introduce our newest southern sea otter, Opal,” the aquarium ... on a San Luis Obispo beach as a three-week-old pup in February 2024. She was deemed un-releasable ...

The sea otter exhibit staff have been working with ... near San Luis Obispo in February 2024 as a three-week-old dependent pup and was deemed unreleasable by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

The Monterey Bay Aquarium is seeking the public's help in naming its new resident sea otter. The aquarium's newest addition was found stranded in February 2024, as a three-week-old dependent pup ...