FUKUOKA--Only three sea otters remain at aquariums in Japan, and they are now treated like rock stars because of their advancing years. Japan was once home to dozens of the cute mammals.

An otter has been spotted in Japan for the first time in almost four decades, according a Scottish charity assisting Japanese conservationists. The last confirmed sighting of an otter was 38 years ...

Over 100 years ago, sea otters were hunted to the brink of extinction along Japan's coastline. But these adorably cute mammals are back and getting a welcome return in the northern prefecture of ...

Twin baby Eurasian otters were put on display starting November 8 at Zoorasia in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture.The ...

The Toba municipal government has added a private sea otter viewing to its list of gifts offered under the “furusato nozei” ...

HAMANAKA, Hokkaido--Sea otters have pupped off Cape Tofutsu here in eastern Hokkaido. Four pairs of mothers and pups have been spotted since the beginning of July, in a community of up to 14 otters.

There were two babies at the start of June. People with binoculars and cameras are gathering to see the cute sea otters. Note: Pukapuka in the Japanese text is an onomatopoeia describing the way ...

Otters are one of the smartest species on the planet. Sometimes they forget they're not humans. We're starting to realize how smart otters really are. They know how to play basketball. They know ...

The result was drastic: a species that once numbered 300,000 and spread from the Baja Peninsula to the Sea of Japan had, by 1899, dwindled to a few thousand otters in Alaska, a few dozen in ...