Police in northern Minnesota used drones, airboats and an amphibious vehicle to apprehend a drunken-driving suspect who fled arrest Monday and hid in the cattails and mud of the Otter Tail River. An ...

Jim Curland, advocacy program director for the nonprofit Friends of the Sea Otter, said 340 dead sea otters were found last year, many of them victims of great white sharks.

Otter populations reach a new high, but great white sharks keep their numbers at bay Two otters frolic in the waters of Elkhorn Slough, on Monday, Jan. 23, 2017. (Sukee Bennett/Bay Area News Group) ...

What an otter beauty! An adorable 4-month-old river otter has made quite a splash with aquarium visitors in Japan. Her name is Haku and this special otter has become the main attraction at the Suns… ...

Asked about the racist violence in Charlottesville over the weekend, Gov. Butch Otter today recalled Idaho’s own experience with neo-Nazi white supremacists, when the Aryan Nations was ...

She’s Otter 841, and she’s an internet sensation. “we stan the ungovernable bb that is Otter 841,” one adoring fan tweeted, appending the salute and otter emoji.

There's hope for the endangered southern sea otter population, according to a study out of Sonoma State University that predicts the population could more than triple from about 3,000 to 10,000 if ...

Betty the sea otter, named after TV icon and animal welfare activist, Betty White, died unexpectedly Thursday.

Betty White Honored by Monterey Bay Aquarium Where She Once 'Assisted with Sea Otter Surgery' The nonprofit agency is honoring the late star for "her tireless devotion to animal advocacy work" by ...

Betty the sea otter, named for animal lover Betty White, died Thursday at 10 years old, aquarium officials said. We're sad to announce the passing of Betty the southern sea otter.

Otter praised Sen. Mike Crapo and 2nd District Rep. Mike Simpson for their strong, prompt statements on social media on Sunday condemning racist violence and white supremacy.

But the otter population still struggles to flourish and venture beyond the Central Coast because of white sharks, a species as fragile and vital to the ecosystem as they are.