The United States is home to two species of sea otters that float on the ocean in groups called rafts.

Hempfield photographer Kyle Rose enjoyed a double dose of excitement on the Fourth of July. On a trip to the Ligonier area ...

It’s Sea Otter Awareness Week, and in Morro Bay, the marine mammal’s population is higher than ever. But with increased ...

Sea otters were once hunted nearly to extinction because their dense fur was valued as an insulator for clothing. Recent research shows the benefits and challenges of restoring otters in their ...

A river otter pulled a small child off a dock and dragged them underwater at the Bremerton Marina Thursday morning. According to a Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife press release, a mother ...

Fishermen say that seeing an otter is a sign of good luck. They are not that far off, as it is a sign of a good, clean waterway. American River Otters, or Lontra canadensis, will eat anything from ...

IN WINTER, river otters head upstream into the uplands, seeking areas of fast-moving water that remain open — at least open enough for an otter to slip into a stream in pursuit of fish. You might ...

Ohio Department of Natural Resources staff members captured a magical scene at one of the nature preserves. ODNR said several river otters were spotted frolicking through the water at Triangle Lake ...

It might come as an otter shock to some— part of the newly renovated North America trek region at the Columbus Zoo & Aquarium ...

"He came to shore, and he had something in his mouth, and it turned out to be a very tiny otter," the dog’s owner Cleo Young said Stephanie Wenger is a TV Writer/Reporter at PEOPLE. She joined the ...

MISSOULA, Mont. (KECI) — Three women were hurt in an otter attack in Montana, according to authorities. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks said one of the women had to be life-flighted to a hospital, ...