Dens are usually near water and often have inconspicuous underwater entrances. The river otter is active during all months of the year, leaving the den at night or twilight but often continuing its ...

If you are planning on fishing or boating on Kentucky waterways this spring as temperatures warm up, you are likely to ...

As ice thins, they scamper across it to find or make their own holes. Agile swimmers, they slip down into frigid water and, often within a few minutes, pop back up. They pull themselves onto the ice ...

On Wednesday, February 12th, "Zinnia," a 7-year-old North American river otter gave birth to three pups at the Florida ... were born in a secluded den where they are being well cared for by Zinnia.

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 ...

The two North American river otters are Tilly, and her pup ... by her mother or if the cat had dragged her away from her den. With her injuries and young age, she wouldn’t have survived in ...

American river otters were ubiquitous in most waterways ... “As a predator, they regulate prey populations, their foraging and den building behaviors modify habitat structure for other wildlife ...

River otters are known to grow to be 3-4 feet long. Zinnia carried her babies for around two months before delivering them in a secluded den, marking her third litter. The mom and her pups will ...