An unusual sighting was captured on video Tuesday night in the Grand Lagoon. Avery Whaley videotaped two otters swimming and ...

After training to detect odors under water, the aquatic animal has become a useful tool in the effort to locate missing ...

A Florida sheriff's office has enlisted an unlikely new recruit, a 2-year-old otter trained to detect human remains ...

Kevin and Chloe, two southern sea otters, arrived at the Cincinnati Zoo on Nov. 17, and have since made Sea Otter Coast their home. “They went right out and played in the waterfall and did flips in ...

It was a foggy October afternoon on the central California coast when the Marine Mammal Center got a call on their public ...

Floating around in the water is what sea otters tend to do, but a specific otter spotted floating near the Morro Bay State Park Marina over the past few days caught the attention of local rescuers.

When the search in the water gets too difficult, one Florida sheriff's office is enlisting the help of one furry officer.

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 ...

Visitors to Tyler's Caldwell Zoo can experience the Amazon habitat and meet the playful giant river otters, Mazaruni and ...

It’s playtime! One happy otter at the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington was in for a real treat. The animal ...