Animals get hot, too! That's why the Houston Zoo's animal care team developed some innovative activities to keep them cool as ...

River otters (Lontra Canadensis ... How do I know the animal I saw swimming in the water is an otter, not a beaver or a muskrat, which are quite common in my creek and pond?

With the hot and humid temperatures fully in effect, some of the animals at the Houston Zoo are finding creative ways to cool ...

A river otter may swim at speeds up to 9.7 km/hr (6 mph), and remain submerged for several minutes at a time, diving 13.7 m (45 ft) or covering 402 m (1320 ft) while submerged. Although river otters ...

River otters are so cute that it’s easy to overlook their bad behavior. But two attacks — rare and separate incidents — have injured women who were out enjoying a swim, turning a summer ...

In this adorable video, a mother river otter persuades her reluctant baby to take a swim. The video, as seen on Jane Godley’s YouTube channel, offers a funny scene complete with narration.

the river otter is a versatile mustelid in water and on land! Capable of swimming up to eight miles an hour through the water, the river otter swims approximately three times faster than the ...

Dr. Martin Rosengreen, the ER physician who treated Finn, said a similar incident involving river otters had occurred two days prior to Finn’s attack. That patient had been swimming in Serene ...

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The otters, however, were not very subtle in their escape. They left fresh tracks in the snow, galavanting around the zoo and ...