CLEARWATER, Fla. (BLOOM) — The Clearwater Marine Aquarium is excited to welcome Opie, a charming North American river otter, to its Otter Oasis exhibit, joining veteran otters Walle and Boomer. After ...

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, which has been ...

CLEARWATER, Fla. — A young male otter is adjusting to his new habitat Wednesday at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium. Nicknamed Opie, the North American river otter spent weeks getting acquainted with ...

Monika Rohrer, a volunteer with the Marine Mammal Physiology Project, works with Morgan the otter. Rohrer was a lead volunteer in Olive’s rehabilitation. (Photo by Carolyn Lagattuta) The young sea ...

A baby sea otter happily reunited with its mother after the pup was found stranded in Morro Bay, Calif., recently. Experts from the Marine Mammal Center in San Luis Obispo were able to carry out the ...

Calvert Marine Museum staff and guests celebrated two otters’ birthdays on Saturday at the annual Otter Mania event. Calvert County residents of all ages attended the March 23 event despite heavy rain ...

Following news this week of a southern sea otter's death from avian flu, experts are now saying the disease's outbreak has infected more species of marine mammals along the San Mateo County coast.

A sea otter mother was given a touching reunion with her pup in the waters off Morro Bay thanks to a local nonprofit. On Oct. 20, The Marine Mammal Center’s San Luis Obispo team spotted a sea otter ...

Want to drink beer for a good cause? You’ll be doing just that if you purchase a four-pack of Headlands Brewing’s new Otter Worldly. One dollar from each four-pack sold will go toward Sausalito’s ...

CLEARWATER, Fla. (WFLA) — The Clearwater Marine Aquarium (CMA) has welcomed a North American River otter to join its “Otter Oasis.” “Opie” the otter arrived at the Nature World Wildlife Sanctuary of ...