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 ...

It was March 03 2021 when Billy Mail and his wife Susan noticed an emaciated otter cracking crabs on the pier near their house in Shetland, an archipelago in Scotland. “I was looking out at this ...

Their fur is so soft it almost led to their extinction, but otters’ recovery has been a boon to Pacific kelp forests, a key ...

Roarke Brown, a charter boat captain since 1972 in this picturesque fishing village, remembers being able to tread out onto the Kachemak Bay mud flats at low tide to fill a 5-gallon bucket with clams ...

As a cloud of destruction approaches, all the creatures in its path scramble desperately to get out of the way—fleeing for their lives. However fast they go, they can't outpace it. It looms closer and ...

Sea otters are back, and their return is a breath of fresh air for the waters of Monterey Bay. Sea otters are back, and their return is a breath of fresh air for the waters of Monterey Bay. Marine ...

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 ...

Goodall had visited Monterey County in April, giving a sold-out lecture on behalf of “Hope for Sea Otters” at the Sunset Center ... to millions when she first appeared on the cover of National ...

The Gonatus antarcticus squid, a mysterious squid found only in the frigid waters around Antarctica, was caught on camera for the first time on Christmas Day by the Schmidt Ocean Institute. The ...

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