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.

The effort by the alliance includes increasing water quality monitoring and developing updated best management practices ...

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.

During dry seasons, otter will move from their inland wetland habitats to more permanent bodies of water, in order to adapt to drought conditions and for ease in finding food.” Hess said fish ...