FILE - A wild sea otter swims as he snacks on seaweed covered with roe in Prince William Sound, Alaska. Except for one failed experiment and a handful of curious wayfarers, sea otters have not lived ...

Trapped by a rising tide at a secluded Oregon Coast cove, tourists used driftwood to spell "SOS" for help. (Netarts-Oceanside Fire District) ...

A group of tourists looking for a photo opportunity ended up stranded on a secluded beach in Tillamook, Oregon, after the tide blocked their way out, officials said Monday. Volunteer firefighters and ...

Tourists went to snap an iconic photo on Oregon's Lost Boy Beach and wound up getting one taken of themselves in a storybook SOS rescue by the local fire department last week. Three unnamed sea ...

PUPUKEA, Oahu (KHON2) — A new dye study at one of Oahu’s most popular North Shore swimming spots is revealing a potential connection between the public restrooms at Pupukea Beach Park and the waters ...

Experts are questioning the nature of the otter attack in Lake Tahoe on Sunday. Around 10 a.m., the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office contacted the Nevada Department of Wildlife to inform the agency that ...

A Reno swim instructor found herself going toe to toe with an otter while she was out for a swim in Lake Tahoe over the weekend. The attack, she swears, was five minutes long, landed her in the ...

Swimming teacher Lynette Bellin had been swimming for three-quarters of a mile along Lake Tahoe’s picturesque rocky northern shoreline this week when something that felt like a pair of hands grabbed ...

The Oregon Coast keeps a few surprises tucked out of easy view, and one of the best waits below a headland where the road curls high above the water. Follow the trails down and the payoff includes ...

Alexa Herrera is a digital producer with the CBS News New York web team. She previously worked with WUFT and WTSP in Florida as a digital producer. She's a Long Island native. A North American river ...

Wildlife officials are celebrating after a river otter was documented in the Bronx for the first time in a century. The Wildlife Conservation Society Bronx Zoo announced the sighting along the Bronx ...