Viewers left more than 10,000 comments about the little otter's newfound freedom and the mama otter's excitement about it.

Chirps also mean the same thing for pups, "Otter pups also produce chirping sounds while engaging in playful activities.

Baby animals have an adorable, unique way of capturing our hearts. From a litter of newborn puppies to the baby king crab who took the Internet by storm, these tiny creatures never fail to bring ...

Sea otters are terminally cute critters and a delight to view rolling and diving in the kelp canopy of Monterey Bay, where some 3,000 endangered southern otters play an essential role in maintaining ...

CHICAGO -- The baby sea otter rescued in California is having a ball at the Shedd Aquarium, as she gets comfortable in her new home. Dubbed Pup 681, she seems to be developing quite a personality, as ...

Interspecies friendships between humans and wild animals aren't common, to say the least. Wild animals tend to be understandably wary of us, and vice versa. On top of that, there are a lot of state ...

SAN FRANCISCO – A California ecosystem has gotten a big boost from an adorable, fluffy and hungry friend. At Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, a newly-reinvigorated population of ...

The last time I wrote about otters, I stated that sea otters are in my top 10 list of “most appealing adult mammals.” First, they are engagingly cute, especially when floating on the ocean’s surface ...

The trials and tribulations of a sea otter pup growing up on the coast of California. The Californian sea otter is one of the rarest, and possibly cutest animals in the world. So when a sea otter mum ...