What animal is cute, fuzzy and found on almost every continent (except Australia and Antartica)? Otters, of course. Part of the weasel family, these mammals are divided into 13 existing species. Some ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. For hungry Asian small-clawed otters at Smithsonian's National Zoo, variety is the spice of life. A caretaker explains what items are on a typical ...
There’s just something about watching animals interact with their food that is super entertaining, especially when they are encountering a piece of food for the first time. Their whole process of ...
Sea otters eat more than just urchins. They also eat crabs which, in California’s Elkhorn Slough estuary, were shown to contribute to the slowing of bank erosion by 69%. Researchers at the Nicholas ...
A North American river otter (Lontra canadensis) wanders through a forest at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. Credit: Calli Wise, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center YouTube video: ...