Did you know that sea otters have favorite rocks they keep around to help them open up clam shells and other shelled mollusks? They have loose pockets of fur under each of their arms where they store ...

CNN — When sea otters hammer mussel shells against rocks to help open them, they're leaving behind their own archaeological record that can't be compared to any other creature, according to a new ...

Credit: flickr Sea otters are one of the few non-human species known to use tools. They often carry small rocks to crack open hard shells like clams, crabs, or mussels. This behavior demonstrates ...

Interspecies friendships between humans and wild animals aren't common, to say the least. Wild animals tend to be understandably wary of us, and vice versa. On top of that, there are a lot of state ...

Wildlife lover Ayse Genisel was delighted to spot a baby sea otter through her binoculars, but people trying to get too close ...

A southern sea otter with a purple sea urchin in Monterey Bay, California. (Credit: Morgan Rector) (CN) — Sea otters are voracious eaters, munching away on shellfish, urchins and other invertebrates ...