Zoo New England’s Stone Zoo announced its newest addition of the zoo family back in March — a trio of North American river otter kits. Now, the kits are saying hello to the world.

The Stone Zoo is announcing some adorable, fuzzy new additions. The zoo is celebrating the arrival of three North American river otter kits. The babies were born to first-time mom, Dunkin, late ...

Zoo New England’s Stone Zoo announced its newest addition of the zoo family – a trio of North American river otter kits. The otters were born Feb. 16.

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 ...

GREEN BAY (Wis.) – On the morning of Thursday, March 20th, during the recent winter storm, two North American river otters, Louie and Ophelia, managed to escape their habitat at the NEW Zoo ...

The North American river otter population is doing swimmingly! They are found in abundance in New Hampshire’s waterways, but they can be hard to spot until winter brings them out to play on the ...

Since March, two escaped North American river otters (Lontra canadensis) have been leading the staff at the New Zoo Adventure Park in northeastern Wisconsin near Green Bay on an otterly wild chase.

River otters use chirping and humming sounds as contact calls. They hiss, purr, and whistle in other contexts. In aggressive and sexual encounters, river otters growl and squall. Products from anal ...

North American river otters eat, play and defecate in the same place. But their terrible food hygiene make them ideal for detecting future health threats in the environment, according to scientists.

A trapped otter is released by the Forest Preserves of Cook County in October, 2015. A trapped otter is released by the Forest Preserves of Cook County in October, 2015. River otters were once ...