The Monterey Aquarium's program is believed to be the first of its kind in the country. ... California News; National News; World News; Politics; ... Sea otters being given vaccines at Monterey Bay… ...

The Monterey Bay Aquarium, which draws about 1.8 million visitors annually and tries to promote ocean conservation, rescues 12-15 young otters a year but has room to raise only five at a time ...

New York without the Statue of Liberty. San Francisco Bay without the Golden Gate Bridge. Monterey Bay Aquarium without sea otters. For more than six months now, the star attractions of one of ...

California’s underwater kelp forests are in trouble. ... Josh Smith, in an undated photo, has been researching how sea otters are defending Monterey Bay’s kelp forest since 2015.

One sea otter is swimming free off the coast of Morro Bay after completing a successful rehab at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Otter 741 was spotted tangled in fishing line in Morro Bay last summer ...

With recreational salmon season having opened this weekend, it’s expected the waters of Monterey Bay will be crowded with fishing boats in coming days. Skip to content All Sections ...

Sea otters are terminally cute critters and a delight to view rolling and diving in the kelp canopy of Monterey Bay, where some 3,000 endangered southern otters play an essential role in ...

West Coast sea otters are turning to tool use to exploit richer prey and get a leg up on the competition, a new study has found. In Monterey Bay, an incredible rebound in sea otter populations has ...

While threatened southern sea otters bob and sun in the gentle waves of this central California estuary, wildlife experts up and down the West Coast are struggling to figure out how to restore the ...

MONTEREY, CA – NOVEMBER 2: Monterey Bay Aquarium Marine Biologist Sandrine Hazan, of Monterey, left, and volunteer Tammy Slenkovich, of Aptos, carry a sea otter to an area to get it vaccinated ...

The Monterey Aquarium's program is believed to be the first of its kind in the country.