We hadn't seen this cute critter in almost two centuries and believed it was extinct, until a lone baby randomly showed up.

Sea otters are keystone species in kelp forests. Kelp forests rely on the top-down pressure sea otters exert via predation on ...

Otters are extremely intelligent and have learned to work smarter, not harder, using tools to get their food. If a rock doesn’t make a good hammer, it might make for a good anvil. Otters have been ...

Not surprisingly, otters spend most of their days diving for food and eating. What is surprising (to those who think of tool use as a primate skill, or at least a terrestrial one) is that otters ...

The Long Island Aquarium is offering the public a chance to name an adorable batch of siblings, two pairs of boy and girl ...

Three otter pups, Butternut, Biscuit, and Potato, debuted at Disney’s Animal Kingdom on Friday, April 11, 2025. The three ...

The light, fluffy fur keeps the pup from sinking while the mother forages for food. She wraps the pup in strands of kelp so it won’t drift away. The mother otter nurses the pup for around six ...

"I understand otters were all but extinct in PA but are ... holes to dry ground.What they eatOtters obtain most of their food from the water.Fish – including minnows, sunfish, suckers, carp ...

Two river otters, Louie and Ophelia ... with the local ponds and streams offering food and shelter. Search efforts include a hired tracker, motion-activated cameras and public calls to send ...