This sea otter awareness week, meet Hardy – the pup almost too cute to handle (wait until you see him learning to dive). | Ocean Wise

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

We’re excited to share the story of rescued sea otter 741! Thanks to a joint effort with The Marine Mammal Center, Office of Spill Prevention and Response - OSPR and our Sea Otter Program, she just returned home to the wild. | Monterey Bay Aquarium