The playful North American river otter is equally at home in the water and on land. It makes its home in a burrow near the water's edge, and can thrive in river, lake, swamp, or estuary ecosystems.

This South American otter is the world's largest, at some 6 feet long. It lives only in the rivers and creeks of the Amazon, Orinoco, and La Plata river systems. These huge members of the weasel ...

This story appears in the February 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine ... fishing and playing on the river. People stopped and chatted about “their” otters, amazed that we were ...

Kai had lived at the Sacramento Zoo since 2017, where she brought joy to all guests and staff, zoo officials said.

9 min read Charlie Hamilton James is one of six photographers who contributed to National Geographic ... North American river otters, Snake River, Wyoming North American river otters, Ely Springs ...

It was March 03 2021 when Billy Mail and his wife Susan noticed an emaciated otter cracking crabs on the pier near their house in Shetland, an archipelago in Scotland. “I was looking out at this ...

"Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story," from National Geographic and Silverback Films, is a heart-warming documentary about the ...

Scientific name: Lontra canadensis River otters display several adaptations ... fur coat and fat-storing tails for warmth, notes National Geographic. University of Michigan documents note that ...