Two years after Otter 841 menaced wave riders near Santa Cruz, there have been new encounters between the furry marine ...

Santa Cruz’s iconic surf spot, Steamer Lane below West Cliff Drive, poses several challenges for surfers. After jumping off a ...

Southern sea otters, which are often referred to as California sea otters, populate the central coast of California and are ...

A Santa Cruz surfer says a sea otter bit her foot and then hijacked her surfboard, refusing to give it back for 20 minutes at ...

Four sea otters in California died from toxoplasmosis through a rare strain of the Toxoplasma gondii parasite, and researchers warn that the strain could pose a threat to humans. The unusual strain of ...

Sophia is your community news reporter covering the North Coast of San Luis Obispo County, including Los Osos, Morro Bay, Cayucos, Cambria and San Simeon. It’s Sea Otter Awareness Week, and in Morro ...

Here’s a win for the southern sea otters — the coastal mammals will retain their status as a threatened species under the Endangered Species act. Why now: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced ...

A Silicon Valley-based nonprofit has raised about $1.4 million of its $40-million target to protect California coastal sea ...

A California aquarium was flooded with calls about buying the T-shirt showing two otters floating on their back and decided to re-release the garment.

MONTEREY — Within the last century, the recovery of southern sea otters, the unofficial mascot of Central California, has contributed to the health of California’s underwater forests according to a ...