A TikTok video of a confident sea otter showing a fisherman a pebble it has been carrying around has gone viral - and social ...

The deceptively cute sea otter, named Ollie, has been seen toting around the bodies of river otters that have visible sexual ...

Nevertheless, those hurdles didn't stop a wild sea otter from befriending a Californian commercial fisherman in the most ...

says that while she's never seen the otter — dubbed Ollie — kill any river otters, she has seen it carry their lifeless ...

The threatened Eurasian otter appears to have disappeared in Kyrgyzstan, officials and scientists warned on Friday, following ...

Otters carry large stones between their forepaws on these dives, used to dislodge prey and to break open shells. Their diet includes clams, crabs, sea urchins, starfish, abalone, and 40 different ...

Amanda Kooser covers the quirky side of science and space. Otters have a reputation as fun, playful animals. They swirl through the water, perform acrobatics and snack on seafood. But multiple eye ...

With the demise of the wolverine (Gulo luscus Linnaeus) in the Adirondacks in the late 1700’s or early 1800’s, the river otter became the region’s largest member of the weasel family. Adults weigh 5.4 ...

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.

says that while she's never seen the otter — dubbed Ollie — kill any river otters, she has seen it carry their lifeless bodies around for "multiple days." "This behaviour is not necessarily ...