The Sanford-area zoo welcomed Fern the otter, who quickly adapted to her new home in the zoo’s North American river otter habitat with another otter named Molly, according to a news release.

The child suffered bites to the head, legs and face in the attack at a Seattle-area marina. River otters can be territorial, ...

Amanda Kooser covers the quirky side of science and space. Otters have a reputation as fun, playful animals. They swirl through the water, perform acrobatics and snack on seafood. But multiple eye ...

A child walking down a dock with their mother was snatched by a river otter and pulled underwater in a harrowing encounter in Bremerton, Washington. A moment later, when the child resurfaced ...

The Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife reported that the young child was walking down a dock at a Seattle-area marina when an otter grabbed them and dragged them away Charlotte Phillipp is a ...

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 ...

PHOENIX — Dogs are often used to help in search and rescue missions. Their noses can pick up a human’s scent from as far away ...

That otter leave a mark. A woman was left crying in a pool of her own blood after getting savaged by a gang of otters in Malaysia. The unidentified victim had reportedly been jogging through ...

Her name is 841. She is a sea otter. This week, the US Fish and Wildlife Service announced it had launched a multi-agency search for Otter 841 in an attempt to capture and rehome her, after ...

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A young child was dragged off a dock and beneath the water in a rare attack by a river otter in Washinton. The shocking event occurred on September 12 when the child was on a walk with his mother ...