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 ...

Adorable footage shows one of the Maryland Zoo’s playful river otters performing “medal-worthy” slides around their habitat as the Winter Olympic Games continued in Milan.“Practice run for the Winter ...

They had a blast!

You Gotta See This for today features a pair of North American river otters who broke out of their habitat and went on the run.

Ophelia, one of the river otters that escaped from a Wisconsin zoo during a snowstorm two week ago, was captured and is back in her enclosure. The other otter, Louie, is still on the run. Since it’s ...

Two river otters, Louie and Ophelia, weaseled their way out of their Wisconsin zoo enclosure last week during a winter storm, appearing on security camera footage cavorting across the snow, as the ...

This is a 'population success story.' ...

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 ...