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 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.

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 ...

The return of river otters to Beaver Marsh, north of the Ira Road trailhead, and other wetland areas is a sign of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park's improving health.

A wildlife photographer in Bucks County captured a rare image of a North American river otter in a Falls lake. Scientists say that's a great sign.

It’s most likely a beaver tract but river otters were released by Wildcare Oklahoma Foundation in the Canadian River last fall. Could they be river otter tracts?

A family of river otters -- once extirpated from Ohio -- are the primary attractions at the Beaver Marsh, located in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park along the Towpath trail north of Ira Road ...

Living in the woods with a creek meandering through the yard, I see abundant wildlife. Over the years I have benefited from supervisory assistance from my local aquatic mammals such as beaver and ...

Beavers can look like river otters, and have been seen in the Paddleboat Quarry in Naperville and the nearby DuPage River. And what she and her husband and two sons, ages 3 and 5, saw was a beaver ...

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 ...