SUAMICO, Wisconsin (WISN) — The search for two river otters is underway after they escaped from the NEW Zoo & Adventure Park in Suamico following a snowstorm Thursday. Zoo officials on Facebook say it ...

Scientists discovered that river otter droppings contain large numbers of parasites that infect the animals’ prey, indicating that otters may play a significant role in shaping local food webs.

As sea otters recolonize a California estuary, they are restoring its degraded geology by keeping populations of overgrazing marsh crabs in check, a new study shows. The crabs' appetite for plant ...

SUAMICO - The two river otters that escaped from the NEW Zoo and Adventure Park are believed to be nearby, a representative of the zoo said Monday. On Thursday, the otters Louie and Ophelia escaped ...

Although sea otters only recently recolonized their historic habitat in the Elkhorn Sough, they’re already benefiting the ecosystem. (Htrnr via iStock) Sea otters are making an impact as they return ...

In a groundbreaking study published today in Nature, scientists reveal that the return of sea otters to their former habitat in a Central California estuary has slowed erosion of the area’s creekbanks ...

Two North American otters escaped from a zoo near Green Bay, Wisconsin, during a winter storm on March 20. They are still on the lam as of March 26. Video provided by NEW Zoo Check out downtown Green ...

Along a remote stretch of the Alaskan coast, gray wolves have quietly rewritten the rules of what a top land predator eats.

The return of sea otters, a top predator, to a California estuary is helping slow erosion and restore the estuary’s degraded geology. A sea otter in the estuarine water of Elkhorn Slough, Monterey Bay ...

Sea otters are making an impact as they return to the wetlands of Central California. Remarkable changes have occurred in the landscape as these adorable animals recolonize their former habitat in the ...