Otters are members of the Mustelidae Family, which also includes weasels, skunks and mink among many other species. ... while sitting on a rock along the shores of the St. Lawrence River, ...

A new otter friend is calling the Saginaw Children’s Zoo home. Evie, a 3-year-old North American River Otter, was allowed ...

Sea otter seen trying to steal board from surfer in ocean 00:49. It may be hard to visualize an otter stealing a board from a surfer – until you see it on video.. A surfer in Santa Cruz was the ...

The otter wouldn’t let go the end of the surfboard. The surfer, who was trying to spend his Sunday riding the waves near Santa Cruz, Calif., rocked the board back and forth, trying to nudge the ...

A woman was excited to spot an otter at a Lancaster County lake. Melissa-Ann Kolessar, of Ephrata, snapped photos of the semi-aquatic mammal at Speedwell Forge Lake on March 15 and shared them ...

The 5-year-old female southern sea otter was first seen hijacking surfboards in Santa Cruz last September. Officials successfully drove the otter away from the area, but she has since returned.

The aquatic creature has taken on star status since wildlife officials announced that they were trying to return the 5-year-old southern sea otter to captivity.

Sea otters were one of the many marine mammals hunted by European settlers in the 1700s and 1800s, Hughes said. Their pelts were considered to be especially valuable, ...

Last month, an otter was caught stealing a surfboard in California. Police said an "aggressive sea otter in the area is biting, scratching and climbing on surfboards." State officials in Alaska in ...