Surfers should be careful of a hostile sea otter attacking people in the ... surfboard," Woodward told the outlet about the recent otter attack incident caught on tape. "And the person finally ...

But this has given rise to a new problem: Thoughtless tourists operating drones close to sea otter herds to get a closer look, scaring them so they head back out to sea; one time for about six months.

The sea otter is one of 13 species of otter and is a member of the weasel family. It can be found on the Pacific coasts of North America and Asia. Sea otters spend most of their lives in the water ...

Roland Niun, director of the Sabah Wildlife Department, said that the incident marks the first attack on a human in the area, though there has been a recent uptick of otter attacks across ...