A five-year-old female sea otter designated ‘841’ has been boardjacking surfers in Santa Cruz for years. Wildlife officials say they’re on the case.

Cool Otter Facts Otters are so fun to watch, and many of us have accounts like these saved on our feeds for regular doses of serotonin, because they're cute, too!

The river otter is a Florida native, but there’s a good chance you’ve never seen one outside of a zoo. But river otters can be found in every region of the state except for the Keys, and their ...

Four sea otters in California have died from a rare strain of the Toxoplasma gondii parasite that scientists said could pose a risk to human health. Researchers called the finding a “complete ...

The river otter pups — one female and two males, weighing between 5.1 and 5.9 ounces — were born in a secluded den. By all initial indications, it appears Zinnia is once again fulfilling her ...

Otter 841 has become a celebrity after a month of stealing surfboards at a popular beach in Santa Cruz. Authorities are trying to catch her, but the otter's fans want her to be left alone in the wild.

Sea otters are especially vulnerable to Toxoplasma infection because they live near the shoreline where they may be exposed to the parasite’s eggs in rainwater runoff, and they eat marine ...

Last month, an otter was caught stealing a surfboard in California. Police said an "aggressive sea otter in the area is biting, scratching and climbing on surfboards." State officials in Alaska in ...