North American river otters, known as cute and playful swimmers, once lived in every major river system in Pennsylvania. But because of development, agriculture and industrialization, otters had ...

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, said ...

North American river otters eat, play and defecate in the same place. And their unhealthy habits make them ideal for detecting future health threats in the environment. Kristen Goodhue A North ...

The 2025 river otter season harvest limit of 30 otters was reached on Friday, November 21 at 9:15 central time, and the ...

If a semiaquatic animal — a kayaker, for example, or a river otter — were to set off from the mouth of the Carmans River and head upstream, she would paddle through the wetlands and pine-oak forest of ...