With the demise of the wolverine (Gulo luscus Linnaeus) in the Adirondacks in the late 1700’s or early 1800’s, the river otter became the region’s largest member of the weasel family. Adults weigh 5.4 ...

Modern life makes us tired, right? But research from societies in Africa and South America suggests people in the ancient world slept only 6.5 hours a night.

Modern life makes us tired, right? But research from societies in Africa and South America suggests people in the ancient ...

The masked shrew displays characters typical of all shrews. The slender, cylindrical body has a short, velvety, directionless fur. The long, tapered head ends in a flexible, tubular snout, with the ...

The Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife reported that the young child was walking down a dock at a Seattle-area marina when an otter grabbed them and dragged them away Charlotte Phillipp is a ...

Amanda Kooser covers the quirky side of science and space. Otters have a reputation as fun, playful animals. They swirl through the water, perform acrobatics and snack on seafood. But multiple eye ...

Wendy Gomersall travels to Shetland to achieve her lifelong ambition to see the most adorable of Scotland’s mammals in the ...

That otter leave a mark. A woman was left crying in a pool of her own blood after getting savaged by a gang of otters in Malaysia. The unidentified victim had reportedly been jogging through ...

A young child is recovering after being dragged under the water and injured by a river otter at a marina, officials in Washington state said Thursday. The child and their mother were walking down ...

Every morning, the smooth-coated otters of Singapore patrol their urban territories to guard against invading clans. Traffic ...