A sea otter in Santa Cruz, California, is known for harassing surfers and stealing their surfboards.

An otter is hopping on surfboards in Santa Cruz's storied Steamers Lane. Two years ago, a similar situation played out in ...

Two years after Otter 841 menaced wave riders near Santa Cruz, there have been new encounters between the furry marine ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. -- Surfers heading to Santa Cruz, California will have to keep a look out for a furry surfboard thief. A ...

Visitors to a California beach are warning of an aggressive otter with a habit of stealing surfboards in Santa Cruz waters -- and it isn't the first time.

Otter 841 went viral in 2023 for harassing surfers in California, but 841's first attacks were reported in 2021 ...

U.S. Fish and Wildlife previously recommended that kayakers should keep at least 60 feet away from sea otters and avoid large ...

It was a beautiful sunny day in Santa Cruz, California when an otter suddenly appeared in the ocean hopping on a surfers ...

A Silicon Valley-based nonprofit has raised about $1.4 million of its $40-million target to protect California coastal sea ...

Their fur is so soft it almost led to their extinction, but otters’ recovery has been a boon to Pacific kelp forests, a key ...

After Taylor Swift wore a vintage Monterey Bay Aquarium otter T-shirt, the California aquarium reissued the item for Swifties ...