Sep. 21—The Natural Resources Commission gave final adoption of amendments to rule proposals governing deer hunting and river otter trapping at its meeting Sept. 17. The proposed changes to the river ...

FOREST KNOLLS, Calif. -- River otters used to be in almost every creek in the Bay Area, but they were driven out decades ago by water pollution, hunting, and the loss of wetland habitat. Now, thanks ...

TOPEKA (KSNT) – A major wildlife success story in eastern Kansas is showing signs of becoming a nuisance for some locals. The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) recently held a commission ...

Two river otters, Louie and Ophelia, weaseled their way out of their Wisconsin zoo enclosure last week during a winter storm, appearing on security camera footage cavorting across the snow, as the ...

North Dakota’s river otter trapping season has officially come to a close, the state's Game and Fish Department announced.

When a baby otter first arrived at the Black Hawk Wildlife Rehabilitation Project, Heather Bedard understood her bathtub would have to take on a new use. Six years later, Becky the otter went from ...

A river otter attacked a young child at the Bremerton Marina in Kitsap County, Washington near Seattle, on Thursday morning, prompting a response from state wildlife officials. The Washington ...

The last time I wrote about otters, I stated that sea otters are in my top 10 list of “most appealing adult mammals.” First, they are engagingly cute, especially when floating on the ocean’s surface ...