The otters would float upright in the water, hold up a mussel and strike it down against the stone. After enough strikes to weaken it, the otters would use their teeth to open the shell.

(Otters don’t have fur on their tootsies and this keeps them warm.) Not that you should, but you couldn’t throw a clam shell without hitting an otter on the head, and then it’d probably ...

Blue claws, beady eyes, silky feathers and diamond-stamped shells: The Chesapeake Bay is home to some of nature’s most ...

Ryder the Sea Otter would be very much at home at a seafood buffet. That’s because he is able to use tools to crack a shell and have a snack, a unique behavior for a marine mammal. “They will ...

Otter 841, California’s most ornery sea mammal, has returned to waters off Santa Cruz. Authorities warn surfers and swimmers to steer clear of the creature.

For the past few summers, numerous surfers in Santa Cruz, Calif., have been victims of a crime at sea: boardjacking. The culprit is a female sea otter, who accosts the wave riders, seizing and ...