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 ...

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Having been nearly wiped out altogether, UK otters are making a come back and some are even now seen in cities.

Playful North American river otters often sound like squeaky toys as they wrestle each other, slide down riverbanks or frolic in water. Spotting these cute, furry animals is not only good fun, it’s ...

An otter named Otto died last week at a Tennessee nature preserve after visitors threw food into his enclosure, the Bays Mountain Park & Planetarium said in a statement. The park said that human food ...

An otter died after park guests threw food into its enclosed environment, nature preserve officials said Thursday.Otto the otter, whose body couldn't tolerate the food, was taken to an animal hospital ...

A river otter at a Tennessee wildlife preserve died after visitors threw food into his enclosure last week. Otto, an otter at the Bays Mountain Park and Planetarium in Kingsport, Tenn., became ill ...