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The Lincoln Park Zoo has introduced their new 6-year-old river otter named “Tucker.” He is a 6-year-old adult river otter who ...
Otters are carnivorous mammals in the Lutrinae branch of the diverse Mustelidae family, which includes weasels, badgers, ...
North American river otters, known as cute and playful swimmers, once lived in every major river system in Pennsylvania. But ...
After a two-month search, a Wisconsin zoo believes its escaped otter Louie 'has made the decision to be a wild otter.' Louie ...
They’re big, like an overweight Peruvian dog,” is how photographer Santiago Romaní describes giant otters (Pteronura ...
Incanomys mayopuma, or the Incan water mouse, is about 10 inches long and has traits such as a long flattened tail and large hindfeet with fringe hairs, which indicate it is strongly adapted to ...
It's less than a 15-minute drive from downtown Appleton to Lake Winnebago, "one of the most important outdoor spaces in our ...
A person was hospitalized after a possible otter attack in Seminole County, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. A FWC officer responded to a report of an otter biting ...
The effort by the alliance includes increasing water quality monitoring and developing updated best management practices ...
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.
FWC said it hasn't received reports of other sightings so far. Otters are described as water-loving animals and can be found throughout Florida. They are found in freshwater lakes, rivers ...