Just look at how cute these precious little otter pups are! They give off such great young animal energy, splashing around in ...

North American river otters eat, play and defecate in the same place. And their unhealthy habits make them ideal for detecting future health threats in the environment. Kristen Goodhue A North ...

1. Otter ecology and its background -- 2. Pen pictures. Thirteen otters of the world : some natural history -- Europe -- Common or Eurasian otter, Lutra lutra -- North America -- River otter, or North ...

A locally famous sea otter in Canada is gaining a reputation for violence after being spotted carrying around the bodies of dead river otters and using them for sexual purposes. Ollie, as he’s known ...

(CNN) — A child was dragged off a dock and underwater in a rare attack by a river otter at a marina in Washington state on Thursday, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife said. The otter ...

After a warm welcome and trip across the country, two southern sea otters now call the New York Aquarium their home. The adult female otters were rescued off the coast of California when they were ...

Three North American river otters play in the snow on the docks of the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. Detected with SERC’s night-vision wildlife cameras. North American river otters have ...

The child suffered bites to the head, legs and face in the attack at a Seattle-area marina. River otters can be territorial, wildlife authorities say. A river otter attacked a young child on a dock in ...

A new study has found that individual sea otters that use tools — most of whom are female — are able to eat larger prey and reduce tooth damage when their preferred prey becomes depleted. Image by ...