Four decades ago, populations of the river otter, a playful, whiskered member of the weasel family, were so depleted that most states in the Chesapeake Bay region considered them endangered. Today, ...

A Florida sheriff's office has an unlikely officer helping them solve cases and hunt down murder weapons. Meet Splash, a 2½-year-old male otter, trained to assist authorities in search-and-recovery ...

Fifty years ago, Colorado realized it had made a mistake. Its rivers, once alive with the movement of playful otters cutting through currents and pressing their tracks into sandbars, had gone quiet.

Source: Heide Island Otters are fascinating intelligent, emotional, and sentient beings. I’ve had the pleasure of watching them romp around and hang out with their friends. Most people will never see ...

AI meeting notetaker app companies have realized that transcribing meetings and providing summaries alone is not enough to justify their business models and valuations. They now want the apps to act ...

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Conservationists are celebrating the birth of giant otter triplets at a UK zoo – bringing fresh hope that one of the world’s most endangered species can be saved from extinction. The adorable trio of ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The giant otter was added to the list of animals needing protection under the UN Convention on Migratory Species, paving the way for international ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A tender moment between a zookeeper and a sleepy otter has melted the ...

A North Carolina woman was reportedly left stunned when an otter sprang from the bushes of a trail and mauled her while she cheered on friends during a local marathon. Erin Hogston, of Wilmington, was ...

For 40 years, scientists have been monitoring the Neotropical otter (Lontra longicaudis) along the southern coast of Brazil. A study published in Estuarine Management and Technologies reveals that ...

River otters are making a splash on Long Island, popping up in waterways where they had been absent for decades. A new survey looks at their rebound in the Peconic Bay watershed. River otter catches ...