The playful North American river otter is equally at home in the water and on land. It makes its home in a burrow near the water's edge, and can thrive in river, lake, swamp, or estuary ecosystems.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Two orphaned otter pups that were rescued from a state park this summer have since returned to the ...

It's one that begins two thousand years ago in North America ... them there were around 200 stone pipes - one of which is our otter pipe. The pipe I have here is about the size and shape of ...

It's one that begins two thousand years ago in North America ... them there were around 200 stone pipes - one of which is our otter pipe. The pipe I have here is about the size and shape of ...

North American river otters at the Milwaukee County Zoo delighted in fresh snowfall as wintry weather hit Wisconsin on ...

Think Wild and Wildlife Center of the North Coast (WCNC) are excited to announce the release of two orphaned North American ...

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 28: A North American River Otter (Photo by Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington ... [+] Post via Getty Images) Isadore has worked in river otter habitats for over a decade and ...

American river otters were ubiquitous in most waterways across North America before the arrival of European settlers, the trust said. They were gone by the early 1900s — a casualty of fur ...

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