It was a case of being in the right place at the right time. Researchers uncover astonishing find after spotting unusual droppings on island: 'New hope' first appeared on The Cool Down.

The huge otter would have weighed about 110 pounds, and lived about 6.24 million years ago, according to a new report. The fossilized remains of this now-extinct ancient otter— one of the ...

Washington, Jan 25 (PTI) Prehistoric otters may have been of the size of a modern wolf, say scientists who have discovered 6.24 million-year-old fossils of one of the largest otter species known to sc ...

Scientists found Eurasian otter poop on Lantau Island and rediscovered an “elusive” mammal considered locally extinct for decades. Photo from Getty Images / iStockphoto A pair walking along ...

Globally, the species is considered near threatened due to hunting, habitat degradation and other human-induced threats, the study said In Hong Kong, Eurasian otters were feared extinct but ...