A rescued northern sea otter pup plays with toys in his behind-the-scenes enclosure at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium on Dec. 7, 2023. The otter was found alone and malnourished and taken to the Alaska ...

Southeast Alaska, for example, where just over 400 otters were returned, now has 25,000. There are over 125,000 sea otters alive in the Pacific Ocean today . The success is widely regarded as a ...

CHICAGO (AP) — An 8-week-old arrival from Alaska chirps loudly before devouring ice chips in the nursery at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium. He is Pup EL2306 — proper name to be determined — a ...

An eight-week-old sea otter rescued from Seldovia, Alaska, chews on a toy in his enclosure at Shedd Aquarium Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, in Chicago.

Pup EL2306, an 8-week-old northern sea otter, arrived at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium from Alaska after being found alone and malnourished. The Shedd Aquarium, recognized for its otter care ...

Baby Sea Otter Found Malnourished and Alone in Alaska Joins Chicago Aquarium Committed to His Care The otter, who has the temporary name Pup EL2306, was discovered in Seldovia, Alaska, where he ...

An orphaned sea otter pup was wounded, dehydrated and malnourished when people in Seward, Alaska, found him. He was taken on a cross-country trip and now has a new home at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium.

Shedd welcomes sea otter pup found alone in Alaska 00:22. An orphaned sea otter from Alaska is getting a second chance at life. The pup arrived at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago at the end of ...

Some coastal wolves in Alaska have toxic levels of mercury in their bodies after shifting from a terrestrial diet of deer and ...

When an expedition from Russia to Alaska returned home in 1742, it held in its cargo 900 sea otter pelts. After people saw the quality of the fur, a commercial rush was on. The pelts' astronomical ...

In late October, a young sea otter pup was found in the remote coastal town of Seldovia, Alaska, stranded and calling out in distress with no mother in sight. After being rehabilitated, fed and ...