Scientists discovered that river otter droppings contain large numbers of parasites that infect the animals’ prey, indicating that otters may play a significant role in shaping local food webs.

WATERTOWN — Zoo New York is mourning 20-year-old Otis, the North American river otter, after he unexpectedly died on Friday. ...

A child walking down a dock with their mother was snatched by a river otter and pulled underwater in a harrowing encounter in Bremerton, Washington. A moment later, when the child resurfaced, the ...

Otis, a 20-year-old North American river otter, died unexpectedly at Zoo New York in Watertown on Friday. Necropsy results ...

RIDLEY CREEK, Pa. (CBS) — An American river otter has been captured on video in southeastern Chester County in the headwaters of the Ridley Creek. According to the Willistown Conservation Trust, this ...

The Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife reported that the young child was walking down a dock at a Seattle-area marina when an otter grabbed them and dragged them away Charlotte Phillipp is a ...

FOREST KNOLLS, Calif. -- River otters used to be in almost every creek in the Bay Area, but they were driven out decades ago by water pollution, hunting, and the loss of wetland habitat. Now, thanks ...

BREMERTON, Wash. (KPTV/Gray News) – An otter pulled a young child into the water on Thursday morning next to a river at a marina in Washington state. At around 9:30 a.m., officers with the Washington ...

WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWTI) – Zoo New York has announced that Otis the North American river otter, has passed away. Zoo New York ...

Rare smooth-coated otter sighted in Adyar River, highlighting improved ecosystem health in Chennai's urban eco-park.

WATERTOWN, New York (WWNY) - Otis, a North American river otter at Watertown’s Zoo New York, died unexpectedly on Friday at ...