World Otter Day is May 25th, and that’s cause to celebrate! Besides their absolute cuteness, these curious critters are also some of the most entertaining animals you’ll find in the wild. In honor of ...

For centuries, Japanese folklore warned travelers about the kawauso lurking along quiet riverbanks at night. Locals feared ...

On a blue-sky afternoon, kayakers paddle past dozens of sea lions lolling in the sun and make a beeline toward the sea otters lounging on beds of eel grass at Elkhorn Slough on California’s central ...

A suite of specimens featured in the museum’s upcoming “From These Lands” exhibition illustrate the intertwined nature of sea ...

Discover a Eurasian otter as it explores the riverside environment. This fascinating predator combines curiosity, agility, ...

A family of giant river otters was released into the Iberá National Park in northeast Argentina on July 1. The endangered species, with no known breeding populations in Argentina over the past 40 ...

You might think river otters would be deathly afraid of alligators. After all, alligators do prey on otters. However, would you believe that sometimes it's the other way around? A video taken in ...

Sea otters (Enhydra lutris) occupy a unique ecological niche as the only marine mammal that spends nearly all its life at the sea surface, resting, foraging and reproducing within coastal kelp forests ...