From a group of playful otters vying over a fresh fish to weeping plum trees glistening in the rain, the final selection of a National Geographic challenge open to amateur photographers have captured ...

San Rafael, California, is the home of Hudski Bikes. And here at Sea Otter 2025, they launched a new bike, called the Dualist. We teased it last year, and now the new “Jack of all trades, and a master ...

A sea otter is stealing surfers' boards in Santa Cruz's Steamer Lane. One incident promoted an emergency water rescue by the Santa Cruz Fire Department. The incidents are reminiscent of the surfboard ...

It was a foggy October afternoon on the central California coast when the Marine Mammal Center got a call on their public hotline: there were distressed cries coming from the frigid waters in Morro ...

Unlike most marine mammals, sea otters are primarily insulated by fur, not blubber. In fact they have the densest fur in the animal kingdom. Sadly that thick, resplendent coat has also given otters ...