With the demise of the wolverine (Gulo luscus Linnaeus) in the Adirondacks in the late 1700’s or early 1800’s, the river otter became the region’s largest member of the weasel family. Adults weigh 5.4 ...

The playful North American river otter is equally at home in the water and on land. It makes its home in a burrow near the water's edge, and can thrive in river, lake, swamp, or estuary ecosystems.

"A straight-up river otter in the Detroit River!" Eric Ste Marie says in the footage, taken on April 25. "Have you ever heard of something so controversial?" He added, "It's the last thing I was ...

However, the search for a second escaped river otter continues. Ophelia, a North American river otter, was found on March 28 and returned to the NEW Zoo & Adventure Park in Suamico, Wisconsin ...

North American river otter mom Tilly is teaching her new pup Mo how to swim by diving into the water with the baby animal at the Oregon Zoo A doting river otter mother is working on getting her ...

It takes a special breed of animal to handle the Michigan winter—and the river otter is better prepared than most. But preparation is half the battle, and it starts with a roll in the snow to ...

A child was dragged off a dock and underwater in a rare attack by a river otter at a marina in Washington state on Thursday, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife said. The otter pulled ...

Megan Swift Thursday, May 9, 2024 1:55 p.m. | Thursday, May 9, 2024 1:55 p.m. An American river otter has been spotted in the Ridley Creek watershed after more than a century of absence.