Earlier this month, homeowners in Boca Raton, Florida, were shocked to find a river otter swimming in their backyard pool. As adorable as the animal was, the homeowners were concerned for his health, ...

The Sacramento Zoo introduces a new otter, Darla, to its river otter habitat, where she joins her brother Jackson.

While sea otters spend the majority of their time in the water, river otters will often run and play on land. This leads to some interesting behavior that reminds us of fun childhood games: the “run ...

The last time I wrote about otters, I stated that sea otters are in my top 10 list of “most appealing adult mammals.” First, they are engagingly cute, especially when floating on the ocean’s surface ...

I was on the banks of the Clearwater River, holding a spey rod. In the river, maybe 20 feet away and staring me down with their beady little eyes, were three river otters. Somebody was going to have ...