What animal is cute, fuzzy and found on almost every continent (except Australia and Antartica)? Otters, of course. Part of the weasel family, these mammals are divided into 13 existing species. Some ...

Sea otter populations are rebounding in the eastern North Pacific. There, they devour huge quantities of shellfish and other marine critters that people like to eat, too. But any commercial losses to ...

Join Micayla from the Lake Superior Zoo as she preps meals for the otters! Get a behind-the-scenes.. Join Micayla from the Lake Superior Zoo as she preps meals for the otters! Get a behind-the-scenes ...

North American river otters eat, play and defecate in the same place. And their unhealthy habits make them ideal for detecting future health threats in the environment. Kristen Goodhue A North ...

Sea otters are known for using tools, but not all of them do. A new study finds those that use tools have better survival odds in a world where their traditional food sources are changing. You've ...

The return of sea otters and their voracious appetites has helped rescue a section of California marshland, a new study shows. Sea otters eat constantly and one of their favorite snacks is the striped ...

Who could resist this little guy? An otter at the St. Louis Aquarium in St. Louis, Missouri had one woman stressed. The poor thing was hungry! All he wanted was for one of the many guests at the ...

MONTEREY, California (KGO) — When we first met the hungry otters of Elkhorn Slough last year, they were chowing down on a species of burrowing crabs blamed for destabilizing the shoreline. Thinning ...