Why do sea otters hold hands? As you’ll see in this video, it is actually a rather clever sea otter survival strategy!

River otters may live 20 years in captivity; few survive more than 10 years in the wild. The river otter has few natural predators because of its strength, sharp teeth, aggressiveness when attacked, ...

But at California’s Elkhorn Slough, a reserve where about 120 southern sea otters live, the cute apex predators have led to green crabs’ demise by eating up to 120,000 of the invasive species ...

A coastal tribe wants to return otters to their native waters off the Oregon coast, though a recent grant to expedite that effort could be at risk due to President Trump's freeze on all federal grants ...

They're also generally very shy. River otters are top-level predators with broad diets that include fish (shown), as well as crustaceans and birds. Credit: Matthew Fryer As I’ve come to discover ...

A trophic cascade occurs when predators indirectly affect the abundance of organisms more than two trophic levels down (Figure 1). The otter-urchin-kelp interaction is an example of a trophic cascade.

Srinagar- Once believed to be extinct in the Himalayan region, the elusive Eurasian otter has made a rare appearance in Gurez Valley, Bandipora dis ...