New Partnership Paves the Way for Reintroducing Sea Otters to Oregon
Over 100 years ago, sea otters disappeared from Oregon as a result of the fur trade. Now, a group of conservation organizations has launched research with the goal of eventually bringing sea otters back to the state.
Four Divers, 17 Bundles, One Very Long Day
Ten years in the making. An Oregon Coast Aquarium dive team rigged a blue whale skeleton to the floor of Yaquina Bay in 2016 and pulled it back up in 2019. In 2026 it went on display at Hatfield. A roughly 70-foot blue whale now stands in the courtyard of the Gladys Valley Marine Studies […]
