The mother of a then-2-year-old sued the Port of Bremerton after her child was pulled into a marina by a river otter. The ...

Interestingly, the North American River otter can thrive in just about any water habitat, be it a pond, marsh, lake, river, ...

This river otter thought a pool would be a nice, quiet place to enjoy a meal, but ended up stranded. Luckily, a resourceful family came to the rescue. (Submitted by Theo Truax) ...

Attacks by otters on humans are rare. (Image: Getty) A young child was dragged off a dock and beneath the water in a rare attack by a river otter in Washinton.

Regular sightings of otters on a river are a sign of a healthy local ecosystem, a charity has said. The Wear Rivers Trust ...

A child was attacked by a river otter at a Washington marina on September 12. The mother bravely fought to save her child but the otter was unrelenting in its attack and continued to bite the child.

Vancouver aquarium otter expert Dave Rosen said river otters are excellent hunters who are known to wander far inland in search of prey, which includes birds, rodents and other small animals.

River otters were common in the area hundreds of years ago during the fur trades. They were over-harvested which caused the species to be extirpated from the Detroit River in the early 1900s.

In the boreal forest of northeastern Alberta, Canada, we investigated the contention that, during winter, river otters (Lutra canadensis) lower water levels in ponds created by beavers (Castor ...