Originally published as Sea Otters in 1990 and revised in 1997, the book has provided an introduction to the natural history of southern sea otters to many people who fell in love with these precocious animals. Now fully updated and expanded, Wild About Otters is a comprehensive guide to sea otters and their freshwater cousins, which are featured in the aquarium’s special exhibition of the same title.

The book contains many beautiful photos of southern sea otters in the wild as well as the popular resident otters of the Monterey Bay Aquarium. It explores in detail the world of sea otters – what they eat, how they behave, how mothers raise their pups and what risks this threatened species faces in the wild.

For example, readers will learn that despite conservation efforts by many organizations, including the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Sea Otter Research and Conservation program, the wild sea otters population is recovering slowly off California and rapidly decreasing off the Aleutian Islands in Alaska.

Wild About Otters is sure to please the eyes and enrich the minds of otter fans of all ages. At the end of the book, they’ll agree with the sentiment expressed by Jean-Michel Cousteau in the foreword, “I trust you will find [sea otters] precious as well as precocious.” -- www.mbayaq.org