Never underestimate the ability of a group of Asian small-clawed otters to overwhelm you with their squeaky cuteness. Because you don’t know squeakiness until you have experienced a pack of otters ...

Jennifer Keats Curtis will read and sign her children's book, “Saving Squeak: The Otter Tale” 11 a.m. Nov. 9 at Calvert Marine Museum, 14200 Solomons Island Road, Solomons. The story is an exciting ...

Their fur is so soft it almost led to their extinction, but otters’ recovery has been a boon to Pacific kelp forests, a key habitat for other sealife Sea otters use their agile, grippy forepaws to ...

Sea otters are helping to keep the shores of a central Californian estuary from crumbling into the ocean. They act as erosion control by feasting on shore crabs — crustaceans whose burrowing and ...

May 15 (Reuters) - Humans are not alone in the use of tools. Chimpanzees, for instance, crack nuts with stones and use sticks to get at tasty termites. Dolphins are known to employ sponges to protect ...

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A North American river otter (Lontra canadensis) wanders through a forest at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. Credit: Calli Wise, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center YouTube video: ...