While sea otters spend the majority of their time in the water, river otters will often run and play on land. This leads to some interesting behavior that reminds us of fun childhood games: the “run ...

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 ...

The 2025 river otter season harvest has now closed. According to the South Dakota Game Fish and Parks (GFP), the harvest ...

North American river otters have lived for a long time in Chesapeake Bay, yet relatively little is known about how their surroundings impact them. So what does daily life for river otters on the ...

Zoo Miami’s Zinnia, a 7-year-old river otter, gave birth to three pups in the Florida: Mission Everglades exhibit Wednesday. Ron Magill Zoo Miami We can’t resist those cute river otters. And now, ...

A river otter pulled a small child off a dock and dragged them underwater at the Bremerton Marina Thursday morning. According to a Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife press release, a mother ...

A child in Washington was pulled off a dock into the water by a river otter before they were rescued by their mom. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife said in a statement that the incident ...

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 ...

Kevin and Chloe, two southern sea otters, arrived at the Cincinnati Zoo on Nov. 17, and have since made Sea Otter Coast their ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — A young North American river otter that arrived at Think Wild in Bend earlier this year has been transferred to the Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium after being deemed “non-releasable” to ...

Conservationists released a family of “Argentina’s top aquatic predator” for the first time since the species went considered locally extinct. Photo from Fundación Rewilding Argentina In a wetland of ...