A young Washington state child narrowly survived being dragged underwater by a crazed river otter — which also attacked the kid’s horrified mom during a morning walk. The youngster was with their ...
BREMERTON, Wash. -- A mother and her young child were attacked by a river otter while walking on a dock at a marina in Washington state on Thursday, wildlife officials said. The child was pulled off ...
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.
A North American river otter (Lontra canadensis) wanders through a forest at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. Credit: Calli Wise, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center YouTube video: ...
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 ...
Every spring the skies of south Central Nebraska come alive with the sights and sounds of hundreds of thousands of migrating cranes, geese and other birds stopping over along the Platte River and the ...