The plan: use a Bluetooth speaker to play the recording across the bay, hoping the mother would recognize the sound and come ...

It was a foggy October afternoon on the central California coast when the Marine Mammal Center got a call on their public ...

Lowering it gently into the water, the pup floated helplessly on its back, rolling around as if it were on a thick quilt.

The animal was introduced to the sea otter exhibit in the Abbott Oceanarium at the Shedd Aquarium earlier this week Nicholas Rice is a Senior Editor for PEOPLE Magazine. He began working with the ...