Otters have been portrayed as very playful and happy creatures, and it is true they appear to have a lot of fun sliding on ice and snow and splashing in the water. They also often travel in small ...

ESCANABA — Otters on ice are a recipe for fun. Like a mixed drink in a glass tumbler with warm spirits, bubbling fizz, smooth ...

Baby river otters aren't born knowing how to swim but must be taught. Watch this cute scene as a baby otter learns to swim.

It all happened very fast and for a minute I couldn’t figure out what kind of critter I was dealing with. I was deep in the ...

Open the Youtube video Sea otters are the smallest marine mammals, but they have some incredible adaptations to thrive in the ocean. Unlike seals and whales, they don’t have a thick layer of blubber ...

River otters really do have more fun. They jostle, belly-slide across ice and snow and toboggan down embankments into water. Splish splash. Few mammals are known to frolic as much as otters do ...

Three Erie Otters discuss Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin being on the cusp of surpassing Wayne Gretzky's NHL record 894 career goals.

Otters dance on it (and then poop ... used on the rock comes from the scent glands of skunks. “Glands of all wildlife secrete the 'calling card’ of each animal, down to the individual.

When an invasive species of crab was threatening an entire ecosystem in Monterey County's Elkhorn Slough, an unexpected hero stepped in to save the day.

The largest members of the weasel family, sea otters have the densest fur of all the animals on Earth. Unlike most other marine mammals, sea otters don’t have a blubber layer. Instead ...

Elementary school students from the tri-state area were in the stands for most or all of Tuesday's OHL game between the Erie Otters and Guelph Storm.

Erie Otters captain Carey Terrance was born in 2005 ... Hall of Famer even as an elementary school student. "You'd get all those Upper Deck cards as a little kid," Terrance said.