Otters are remarkable creatures, known for their adorable looks, playful personalities, and intelligence. They inhabit lakes, ...

Sea otters have powerful teeth and even more powerful bites – an estimated 615 pounds of force. That’s about as much as a black bear.

Ever seen a sea otter have its teeth brushed? How about get an eye exam? Both are regular occurrences for the five Southern sea otters that call the Georgia Aquarium home.

The otters would dive for mussels, return to the surface hugging a clump of them to their chests and open each one with their teeth or the stones. They could go through 25 to 75 mussels per hour ...

Some otters rely on tools to bust open hard-shelled prey items like snails, and a new study suggests this tool use is helping them to survive as their favorite, easier-to-eat foods disappear.

They found that sea otter teeth were 2.5 times more resilient to chipping than modern humans’ teeth. The circular arrangement of sea otters’ enamel layers, which varies from modern humans, could play ...

Sea otters are on the edge of extinction. There are currently around 3,000 of them living off the coast of California's Monterey Bay, according to Brett Long, with the Aquarium of the Pacific in ...