For river otters, pooping is a social event. And their droppings are providing a heap of information for biologists. Katrina Lohan and Karen McDonald North American River Otter (Lontra canadensis) at ...

Otters were present nearly every day, using the wetlands not only to hunt, but to raise pups, socialize, rest, and navigate a ...

It all happened very fast, and for a minute I couldn't figure out what kind of critter I was dealing with. I was deep in the heart of a federal wilderness area (Cranberry Backcountry in the ...

Ron Eby spent 20 years in the Navy before he retired from his role as a commander. But after a while, he got bored – so he ...

Rey is teaching Sunny, about two weeks old, all her adopted baby needs to know to fend for herself ...

The orphaned sea otter who became a foster mother to 15 pups. By Malia Wollan No one knows how Rosa was orphaned in September 1999, in Santa Cruz County, Calif. She was nameless then, just 4 weeks old ...

The three female otters surf the snow, their forward momentum pulling them across the slick surface like kids on a Slip ’N ...

Workers reporting to a Virginia Beach military base office building last week found a charming surprise when they walked up to the entrance — two baby otters huddled together in a corner by the door.

Otters are carnivorous mammals in the Lutrinae branch of the diverse Mustelidae family, which includes weasels, badgers, stoats, wolverines, and ferrets, among others. There are 13 living otter ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Long Island Aquarium in Riverhead, New York was blanketed with snow last week, and according to this adorable TikTok, their ...