By comparison, a dog has about 60,000 hairs per square inch. Otters don't have a blubber layer like most marine mammals, it's the fur that keeps them warm and allows them to live in Alaskan waters." ...

Eddie the sea otter, a creature that found viral fame in 2013, has passed away shortly before his 21st birthday. Oregon Zoo, where Eddie lived, confirmed he had been euthanised on Thursday morning ...

For years, the regulations about who could hunt sea otters in Alaska were confusing. Many thought hunters must be at least ...