If you see a furry head with whiskers pop up in a local creek or wetland, it may be an otter. Or it may be a beaver.River otters were re-introduced to Western New York in the late 1990s after they ...

Mink, muskrat, beaver, river otter are all seen in Coos County waters. Which was this? First off, the head was too big for a mink or muskrat, and the animal was far from shore — so was it a ...

The bottoms of boats and docks can accumulate lots of dirt, but semiaquatic animals like otters avoid having ‘fouled’ fur. Their secret could one day help keep underwater infrastructure clean.

Beavers and river otters once thrived together across the Southwest, and they can again. As New Mexico invests in beaver restoration, let’s recognize the opportunity to also support river otter ...

The North American river otter can grow to be 21-31 lbs, much smaller than it's beaver counterpart, notes Keefe. "Here is the thing about beavers, they can run you up to 60 pounds.

Conservationists say the origins of the beavers on the River Otter are unclear, but reports of the semi-aquatic mammals living wild on the waterway started in around 2006.

Beavers and muskrats have been seen in the quarry, Naperville Park District officials said, but they are not aware of any river otters in the area.

A young river otter rescued from an irrigation ditch in southern Baker County in late May and cared for this summer at a Bend rehabilitation facility has been moved to a zoo in Kansas City, Missouri.

An orphaned North American river otter, taken in by Bend-based wildlife hospital Think Wild and rehabilitated, has been ...

While river otters were once on the state's threatened species list, they've now rebounded enough to have a short trapping season on the east side of the state.

Wild beavers living on the River Otter in East Devon have been given an extended lease after a five-year study concluded that they benefit people and other wildlife. The beavers were first spotted ...