On March 24, 1989, just after midnight, a massive oil tanker ran aground in one of the most pristine marine environments in ...

Southwest Alaska’s sea otters, which have undergone dramatic and mysterious declines in recent years, will receive Endangered Species Act protection under an Interior Department proposal announced ...

Sea otter handicrafts made by Anthony Charles on display at the Arts in the Cove festival on Prince of Wales Island on Aug. 8, 2025. For about a decade, Scott Jackson had a system. He was the owner of ...

Alaska is one of the few places with a legal sea otter fur trade. The species is listed as endangered in some areas, but in Southeast Alaska they’re booming. As part of CoastAlaska’s “Alaska Made” ...

CHICAGO (AP) — An 8-week-old arrival from Alaska chirps loudly before devouring ice chips in the nursery at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium. He is Pup EL2306 — proper name to be determined — a northern sea ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A sea otter pup has gotten to the "otter" side of a scary situation — and his new home is celebrating his recent arrival. On ...

WASHINGTON (CN) - In addition to dealing with international shipping and the occasional Orca whale, sea-otters around Akun Island, Alaska soon may have to deal with construction of an air and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wildlife officials in Anchorage, Alaska, have issued a warning about aggressive otters after three reported attacks on humans and ...

Residents of Alaska's largest city often contend with bears and moose, but state officials are warning of another wild animal that has been causing problems: river otters. The Alaska Department of ...

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game shared that a group of river otters has attacked two humans and two dogs in the Anchorage area Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

ANCHORAGE - Sea otters that live from southwestern Cook Inlet to the tip of Alaska's Aleutian Chain will now get more federal protection and a biological investigation into why their population has ...

River otters have attacked a child, a woman, and at least two dogs this month, Alaska authorities said. A child was chased and bitten by a group of four otters on Sept. 1, the Alaska Department of ...