This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. More than 400 marine mammals have been reported stranded or sickened along California’s Central Coast since June.

Sea otters are North America’s smallest marine mammal, weighing just 30 to 100 pounds, but their appetites are huge. They burn calories at three times the rate expected for their size, chomping on ...

Whale ancestors were terrestrial mammals that walked on four legs. This bone structure that helped them walk eventually ...

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 ...