In the wilds of South America, one animal strikes fear into the hearts of even the fiercest predators: the Giant Otter, also known as the Brazilian Otter. This remarkable creature is the "evil ...

New Study Offers First Look at Diet and Ecology of River Otters in Chesapeake Bay ...

Trail cameras are a vital tool in informing these types of protections. Especially elusive and nocturnal species can be hard to spot, but unobtrusive cameras can generate reliable data without ...

When a North American river otter left behind some weird looking poo on a dock in Maryland and got caught by a wildlife ...

Regular sightings of otters on a river are a sign of a healthy local ecosystem, a charity has said. The Wear Rivers Trust said evidence of the mammals living on the River Deerness in County Durham ...

River otters in Chesapeake Bay reveal their diet and role in disease control through scat analysis by Maryland scientists.

The presence of parasites in the otter scat could mean that they are important ecosystem engineers. According to Lohan, the otters may be helping the overall prey populations by eating these animals ...

Researchers are studying a proposal to restore sea otter populations to their historic northern California habitats from the Bay Area to Oregon.