CLEARWATER, Fla. (BLOOM) — The Clearwater Marine Aquarium is excited to welcome Opie, a charming North American river otter, to its Otter Oasis exhibit, joining veteran otters Walle and Boomer. After ...

Sophia is your community news reporter covering the North Coast of San Luis Obispo County, including Los Osos, Morro Bay, Cayucos, Cambria and San Simeon. It’s Sea Otter Awareness Week, which has been ...

CLEARWATER, Fla. — A young male otter is adjusting to his new habitat Wednesday at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium. Nicknamed Opie, the North American river otter spent weeks getting acquainted with ...

Monika Rohrer, a volunteer with the Marine Mammal Physiology Project, works with Morgan the otter. Rohrer was a lead volunteer in Olive’s rehabilitation. (Photo by Carolyn Lagattuta) The young sea ...

Calvert Marine Museum staff and guests celebrated two otters’ birthdays on Saturday at the annual Otter Mania event. Calvert County residents of all ages attended the March 23 event despite heavy rain ...

A baby sea otter happily reunited with its mother after the pup was found stranded in Morro Bay, Calif., recently. Experts from the Marine Mammal Center in San Luis Obispo were able to carry out the ...

A sea otter mother was given a touching reunion with her pup in the waters off Morro Bay thanks to a local nonprofit. On Oct. 20, The Marine Mammal Center’s San Luis Obispo team spotted a sea otter ...

CLEARWATER, Fla. (WFLA) — The Clearwater Marine Aquarium (CMA) has welcomed a North American River otter to join its “Otter Oasis.” “Opie” the otter arrived at the Nature World Wildlife Sanctuary of ...