PHOENIX — Dogs are often used to help in search and rescue missions. Their noses can pick up a human’s scent from as far away as a half-mile, and sometimes farther, according to the American Kennel ...

SEATTLE (Gray News) - An otter pup died after being pinned between a ramp and a platform at a zoo. The Woodland Park Zoo said it is mourning the loss of one of its river otter pups who passed away ...

Although few interactions occur between humans and otters along the Santa Cruz shoreline, a rare event took place this past Sunday when an otter swam up to several surfboards in the water and took one ...

(CNN) – A surfer off the coast of California was confronted by an otter while he was out catching some waves. Nick Ericksen is usually the one riding his surfboard, but when he left it empty for a ...

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 sighting ...

SANTA CRUZ — It was Joon Lee’s fourth time surfing on Sunday. The 40-year-old Apple software engineer from San Jose had rented a board and driven south to Santa Cruz to catch some waves off the coast ...

ALLENTOWN, Pa. -- Whether swimming or lying on the rocks, the otters always put on a show. As of Tuesday, you can watch the river otters 24/7 on a new live cam. It's part of a new partnership between ...

Otters are back at Bonita Springs' Wonder Gardens for the first time in 12 years. And they're super-cute, too.