Scientists discovered that river otter droppings contain large numbers of parasites that infect the animals’ prey, indicating that otters may play a significant role in shaping local food webs.

You can see an Erie Otter on ice during hockey season and the Erie Zoo recently unveiled its updated otter exhibit. But it could be a little harder to spot one of the carnivorous mammals at Presque ...

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 Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the United States, and it houses over 3,600 plant and animal species. The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center has numerous initiatives to study the ...

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 ...

River otters really do have more fun. They jostle, belly-slide across ice and snow and toboggan down embankments into water. Splish splash. Few mammals are known to frolic as much as otters do, said ...

Sea otters are among the world’s most playful and adorable animals. They are beloved for their charming antics and cuddly appearance. Otters are social animals, and in the wild, live together in ...

SUAMICO, Wis. (WBAY/Gray) - A zoo in Wisconsin is searching for river otters who escaped from their enclosure during a winter storm. The NEW Zoo in Suamico, Wisconsin, reported two of their North ...

I was on the banks of the Clearwater River, holding a spey rod. In the river, maybe 20 feet away and staring me down with their beady little eyes, were three river otters. Somebody was going to have ...

North American river otters, known as cute and playful swimmers, once lived in every major river system in Pennsylvania. But because of development, agriculture and industrialization, otters had ...