HOMER, Alaska — Roarke Brown, a charter boat captain since 1972 in this picturesque fishing village, remembers being able to tread out onto the Kachemak Bay mud flats at low tide to fill a 5-gallon ...

An orphaned sea otter was found on a beach in Alaska, officials said. Photo by Nadhira Riezza on Unsplash An orphaned sea otter pup discovered alone on an Alaska beach is now getting 24/7 care, ...

It is a heartbreaking origin story that is worthy of a Hollywood movie. On Sept. 9, a mother otter was carrying her newborn pup in her arms as she swam in Alaska’s Kachemak Bay. All of a sudden, the ...

Sea otters are surprisingly good at using tools. If they come across a particularly tough clam shell and they are desperate to reach the meat inside, they have a plan. They deploy their trusty rock to ...

Back from the trails, my guide Derek and I stop by Montana Creek to examine the incredible wildlife tracks in the fresh snow. We find wolf prints, evidence of a pack moving through the area, along ...

Some coastal wolves in Alaska, U.S., have toxic levels of mercury in their bodies after shifting from a terrestrial diet of deer and moose to a marine diet heavy with sea otters, new research finds.

An orphaned sea otter pup discovered alone on an Alaska beach is now getting 24/7 care, rescuers said. The young otter “was found unusually far from the water during low tide, and his mother was ...