A TikTok video of a confident sea otter showing a fisherman a pebble it has been carrying around has gone viral - and social ...

Last summer, the Vancouver Aquarium started offering sea otter encounters, and the Straight had the chance to see what it was like to interact a little more closely with the aquarium’s fluffiest ...

By using tools to crack open shells, otters can avoid ... having their preferred prey.” A southern sea otter uses a rock anvil to feed on a clam. Image courtesy of Monterey Bay Aquarium.

FEEDING: Underneath each of the sea otter's powerful front paws is a pouch to store food collected during foraging dives. Otters carry large stones between their forepaws on these dives, used to ...

We're starting to realize how smart otters really are. They know how to play basketball. They know how to stack cups, They know how to use rocks to open clams. This type of tool use is ...

I believe that no red sea urchins, no abalone and no clams are on the Central Coast because of the import of the northern sea otter (an alien species). Sea urchins, abalone and clams keep the reef ...