PHOENIX — Dogs are often used to help in search and rescue missions. Their noses can pick up a human’s scent from as far away as a half-mile, and sometimes farther, according to the American Kennel Club. One Arizona otter is now being trained to sniff ...

SEATTLE (Gray News) - An otter pup died after being pinned between a ramp and a platform at a zoo. The Woodland Park Zoo said it is mourning the loss of one of its river otter pups who passed away Saturday morning in a “tragic accident.” The zoo said ...

Sea otters are one of the few animals that use rocks and other objects to access their food, and a new study has found that individual sea otters that use tools—most of whom are female—can eat larger prey and reduce tooth damage when their preferred ...

Although few interactions occur between humans and otters along the Santa Cruz shoreline, a rare event took place this past Sunday when an otter swam up to several surfboards in the water and took one for a joy ride. Mark Woodward, whose Twitter handle is ...

SANTA CRUZ — It was Joon Lee’s fourth time surfing on Sunday. The 40-year-old Apple software engineer from San Jose had rented a board and driven south to Santa Cruz to catch some waves off the coast of the iconic surf town. But about 90 minutes into ...

(CNN) – A surfer off the coast of California was confronted by an otter while he was out catching some waves. Nick Ericksen is usually the one riding his surfboard, but when he left it empty for a moment after catching a wave off Santa Cruz, a sea otter ...

A river otter has been spotted in the Detroit River for the first time in a century. Eric Ste Marie, a marine ecologist studying at Windsor University in Ontario, told CNN that the remarkable sighting happened after his partner suggested they go for a walk ...

NEW YORK (TND) — What, exactly, does an otter feel like? The thought passed through my mind as I stood in a heated pool with four others on a Wednesday afternoon in mid-September. Also: what sounds do otters make? Next to me, my dad had questions of his own.

NORFOLK, Va. — Brand new babies have arrived at the Virginia Zoo!