On a blue-sky afternoon, kayakers paddle past dozens of sea lions lolling in the sun and make a beeline toward the sea otters lounging on beds of eel grass at Elkhorn Slough on California’s central ...

PHOENIX — Dogs are often used to help in search and rescue missions. Their noses can pick up a human’s scent from as far away as a half-mile, and sometimes farther, according to the American Kennel ...

Otters are carnivorous mammals in the Lutrinae branch of the diverse Mustelidae family, which includes weasels, badgers, stoats, wolverines, and ferrets, among others. There are 13 living otter ...

MONTEREY — Behind the towering glass walls and shimmering cerulean exhibits at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, a sea otter named Selka paddles around an above-ground pool, a fluffy pup clutched to her ...

Nature has a fantastic ability to protect itself from environmental changes that negatively impact entire ecosystems. Though every ecosystem has a delicate balance, it also has natural systems built ...

A sea otter floats on its back. Communities in Southeast Alaska are ramping up calls on the federal government to better manage the region’s booming sea otter population and its impacts on key ...

Utterly charming, otters are web-footed animals that inhabit rivers and seas around North America, Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Pacific. Otters are known to be intelligent and very social aquatic ...

Anyone can pick up a camera and learn the fundamentals of photography, but it takes a special set of skills and circumstances to become a successful wildlife photographer. You have to master the art ...

WEBVTT ANIMALS FORCED TO EXPAND THEIR RANGE..ARE SHOWING UP IN SOME UN-EXPECTED PLACES. ONE IS A PLAYFUL MEMBER OF THE WEASEL FAMILY.. TURNING UP IN THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. NEWS 8 NATURALIST JACK ...