Conservation experts who established 40 camera traps to monitor wildlife activity on a Canadian island were left stunned by a ...

Local resident, Shannon McClelland Turner, was shocked when she spotted three river otters in Okotoks on Monday, Nov. 10. She ...

After training to detect odors under water, the aquatic animal has become a useful tool in the effort to locate missing ...

The last time I wrote about otters, I stated that sea otters are in my top 10 list of “most appealing adult mammals.” First, they are engagingly cute, especially when floating on the ocean’s surface ...

North American river otter pups have been born at the Seneca Park Zoo for the first time in its 132-year history. The three offspring — two females and one male — were born to 9-year-old female otter ...

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 ...

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 ...