Sea otter mamas are parenting on hard mode. They give birth in the water, to blind, helpless infants who have to be carried around on their bellies for weeks, nursing them while holding them on ...

They start eating solid foods shortly after birth, but are dependent on their mothers for up to a year. Pups start diving within two months. LIFE CYCLE: Male sea otters live between 10 and 15 years, ...

An abandoned sea otter is the newest resident at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. The aquarium is now asking the public to choose ...

It’s quadruplets! Visitors to the Long Island Aquarium may now see four otter pups in their outdoor habitat. The pups, two ...

The sea otter is one of 13 species of otter and is a member of the weasel family. It can be found on the Pacific coasts of North America and Asia. Sea otters spend most of their lives in the water ...

Like river otters, sea otter pups also need swimming lessons from ... The pups are completely helpless when they are firstborn. The mothers give birth on land in dens and the babies are born ...

Bixby (a.k.a. Otter 1346) is one of the otter mums out in the kelp forests of Monterey. She's only been known to the Monterey Bay Aquarium Sea Otter Research and Conservation team (SORAC ...

The long Island Aquarium recently announced the birth of four river otter pups to resident otters Stark and Flo.

FOR THE TEAM THAT WORKS ON THE OTTER PROGRAM... CARING FOR THESE YOUNG PUPS IS A 24/7 PROPOSITION AND EVERY RELEASE IS EMOTIONAL... THEY SEE IT AS SAVING THE SEA OTTERS ONE PUP AT A TIME. I'M HOPEFUL ...