Otters are well loved for a variety of reasons, including their adorable personalities and affinity for holding hands. But ...

Otters are well known for their playful, energetic, and inquisitive behavior. However, did you know that otter play has a ...

World Otter Day highlights how these playful animals serve as crucial indicators of healthy aquatic ecosystems.

Sea otters spend their lives in the ocean – they mate, sleep, groom, hunt, and give birth in the water. River otters are more ...

Visitors to Grand Rapids' zoo will soon see otters in an expanded, sustainable habitat, tripled in size and equipped with four “feeding cannons" to better mimic otters' natural habitat.

Along with more space and a larger pool, the habitat will feature cannons that launch fish for the otters to "catch" ...

In laboratory studies, the researchers put oysters, mussels, clams, crabs, and other marine invertebrates that sea otters like to eat into large tanks of seawater and added microcystin-contaminated ...

But starting in the 1970s, a ban on the international trade of otter pelts, the federal Clean Water Act and various reintroduction efforts helped otters reclaim some of their former territories.

The animal pulled the child into the water, officials said. A mother and her young child were attacked by a river otter while walking on a dock at a marina in Washington state on Thursday ...