Otter 841 paddles by with lunch in her paws on Tuesday as a surfer strokes into the lineup at Steamer Lane in Santa Cruz. The marine mammal rocketed to international fame when she was recorded by ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

If and when search teams capture her, Otter 841 will spend the rest of her life in captivity, away from the natural population. The otter's behavior is unusual, but it follows a familiar pattern ...

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.