This fluffy pup was found stranded on a beach in Homer, Alaska and rescued by Alaska SeaLife Center. Since sea otter pups rely on their mothers for everything from feeding to grooming, she needs constant care to survive. To help give her excellent care around the clock, members of the Oregon Zoo's marine life team traveled to Alaska to lend a paw. 🎥 Keeper Megan | Oregon Zoo

Furry, feisty, paw-erful—Otter Girl! This Sea Otter Awareness Week, let's meet the resident female sea otters at the heart of our Sea Otter Program! Meet Rosa! At 18 years of age, she's our oldest sea otter—and also our blondest! Quick aside: the grizzling of sea otters doesn't have much to do with age—you can see from her pup photo that she was born blonde! Rosa was found stranded as a four-week-old pup in north Monterey Bay in September 1999. She weighed just over five pounds at the time! In A

Rescue, rehabilitate, and release: these are the primary goals for the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s sea otter program. Surrogate sea otters play a key role in getting rescued pups back into the wild. In the PBS Nature episode "Significant Otters,” Monterey Bay Aquarium sea otter experts keep these little fluffballs thriving through our rehabilitation program. Our rescued otters have contributed to a healthy population in Elkhorn Slough over the years, and we no longer release otters there. We do cont