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.

Officials report that human-river otter encounters are rare, with only six documented incidents in Washington over the past ...

While leaving Market Lake Wildlife Management Area last Saturday, I noticed a large brown animal hiding in some cattails on ...

Often depicted as playful and comical, the North American river otter ... among other animals in the animal kingdom, but they serve a crucial purpose for river otters. Group play helps young ...

Topeka Zoo officials said Bruce and Crush joined the North American River Otter ... said Shanna Simpson, Animal Curator at the Topeka Zoo. “When a local ecosystem has otters in it, like a ...

North American river otters almost vanished by the early 1900s because of “unregulated trapping, water pollution and wetlands destruction,” according to the news release. In the 1990s ...

North American river otters can weigh from 10 to 33 ... Officially known as Otter 841, the animal became an online celebrity, but the story goes deeper than the cuteness of photos and the ...

American river otters were ubiquitous in most waterways across North America before the arrival of European settlers, the trust said. They were gone by the early 1900s — a casualty of fur ...

It's one that begins two thousand years ago in North America ... shape of the upper half of a swimming otter, with its paws perched on the bank of a river, and it looks as though it's just ...

Some are cute, like key deer and North American river otters. Others are postcard-perfect, like flamingos and manatees. But some can be deadly. Here are just a few of the most dangerous animals in ...

2 It is a glittering winter day, so cold that other animals are curled deep in their dens. But the fresh tracks of two otters are printed on the new-fallen snow. The pair has left the frozen river ...