Volunteers played a recording of the pup’s cries over a Bluetooth speaker for nearly two hours to help find the mother.

A sea otter pup named Caterpillar was reunited with its mother in Morro Bay after two hours of searching, marking the first ...

California ( KSBY) -- A sea otter pup was reunited with its mom in Morro Bay and the heartwarming video has caught the ...

A sea otter pup named Caterpillar was reunited with its mother in Morro Bay after two hours of searching, marking the first ...

As surfer-otter run-ins continue, researchers say people, not otters, are responsible. Human development has left Santa ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KSBW) – It was a beautiful sunny day in Santa Cruz, California when an otter suddenly appeared in the ocean hopping on a surfers surfboard. The incredible interaction was caught by ...

The last confirmed sighting of the marine mammal in question, known as Otter 841, was in May 2024. However, surfers reported multiple otter-related incidents in October 2025, suggesting she might be ...

Their fur is so soft it almost led to their extinction, but otters’ recovery has been a boon to Pacific kelp forests, a key habitat for other sealife Sea otters use their agile, grippy forepaws to ...

SANTA CRUZ — When a colleague passed the photo along to sea otter expert Gena Bentall, she thought it was fake. “The first thing I said was ‘That is 100% AI (artificial intelligence),” Bentall said ...