Unlike most marine mammals, sea otters are primarily insulated by fur, not blubber. In fact they have the densest fur in the animal kingdom. Sadly that thick, resplendent coat has also given otters ...

From a monkey that weighs only a few ounces to a 100-pound rodent, get to know some of these adorable creatures.

A Soviet zoologist with a passion for long-extinct mammals set out to reinvigorate the landscape of the Caucasus in the 20th ...

Otters’ lustrous fur—the thickest on the planet—keeps them alive in ... but it may be that otters still have a lot of bullets to dodge. Great white sharks, other natural predators, disease, and a host ...

Sea otters are the only marine mammals with no blubber or layer of fat to survive in cold waters. Instead, they have the densest fur among all mammals (more than 1 million hairs per square inch).

When parted, the white hairs of the belly show gray bases, the fur on the upper parts of the body has a reddish ... Mammals that are known to prey upon this rodent include the marten, otter weasel, ...

They have the densest fur in the animal kingdom – a million hairs per square inch. Sea otters are the smallest marine mammals on earth. They have well rounded teeth adapted for crushing shells ...

Described by the Newark Ledger in 1924 as a "delicate-looking man of medium height, with fair face and dreamy blue eyes," McGovern later became known during his Northwestern days for his wild, unkempt ...

Another animal that is part of the Mustelidae family, the otter has webbed feet and ... to the African weasel but has longer fur and unique white dots on their head. Their diet consists of small ...

A Beijing court sentenced a woman to 11 months in prison for smuggling otter fur, as part of efforts to strengthen wildlife protection by punishing offenders. Feng Meng, 33, was also fined 10,000 ...

Stella McCartney has been accused of putting otters at risk of harm with plans for a £5 million eco-mansion ...