River otters can have negative impacts on other animals. One example is a large population of common snapping turtles that was studied for more than 15 years in Canada. Powerful mouths and sharp ...

River otters are mostly nocturnal and can be hard to find in the daytime. That’s why otter researcher Tom Serfass is training his two-year-old yellow Labrador retriever Merlin to find them.

This story originally appeared on The Allegheny Front. North American river otters, known as cute and playful swimmers, once lived in every major river system in Pennsylvania. But because of ...

River otters were once nearly wiped out across much of the United States. But now, they’re making an incredible comeback and it’s one of the most heartwarming wildlife success stories out ...

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — The mighty Missouri River is the longest in the United States, flowing over 2,000 miles from its headwaters in Northern Montana all the way to the Show Me ...

CLIFFORD. A FUNERAL HAS NOT BEEN SET. WATER LEVELS IN THE MISSOURI RIVER ARE STILL WELL BELOW AVERAGE, LOW ENOUGH TO LOWER THE RUNOFF FORECAST. U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS TODAY SAYS APRIL RUNOFF ...

The Tourists are the High-A affiliate of the Houston Astros. Despite it's gross sounding nature, the "Snot Otters" are not gross at all. And the identity is being taken for a good cause.

SAN MARCOS, Texas — Otters have returned to the San Marcos River, according to a report from The University Star, Texas State University's student-run newspaper. A glass-bottom boat manager told ...

SUGAR CREEK, Mo. — Hundreds of volunteers will spend their Saturday morning cleaning a 10-mile stretch of the Missouri River in Sugar Creek. It's an effort organized by Missouri River Relief, a ...

Members of Missouri River Relief say the expect 200 volunteers to mobilize for a large-scale cleanup effort along a 10-mile stretch of the Missouri River at LaBenite Park in Sugar Creek.

About otters Fast, graceful swimmers According to the Game Commission, an otter is the most adept in water of all the land mammals. It can travel underwater a quarter-mile without coming up for ...