Sea otters are often portrayed as lovable and relaxed animals that spend their time goofing around. Or, simply floating on their backs in the water with their special rock. While this image is ...

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There’s a magical spot along California’s Central Coast where a massive rock rises from the sea like nature’s own monument, sea otters float on their backs cracking shellfish, and the crowds that ...

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In a new sign of toolmaking in marine mammals, orcas in the Pacific Northwest were recorded rubbing stalks of kelp against each other’s bodies, a study shows.

Lilly Reames (from left), trainer for sea lions and sea otters at the Shedd Aquarium, speaks to visitors Liz Brown and Madison Culbertson as they vote Wednesday for a new name for Sea Otter 937.

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