Within days of losing his brother, Fernando, a second giant otter at the Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence has died. Romo, who was almost 14 years old, was euthanized Saturday, Dec. 6, after ...

Sea otters are North America’s smallest marine mammal, weighing just 30 to 100 pounds, but their appetites are huge. They burn calories at three times the rate expected for their size, chomping on ...

Three giant otter cubs born through a breeding programme have boosted the world's largest captive population of the endangered species. New Forest Wildlife Park said the latest arrivals brought its ...

The Roger Williams Park Zoo euthanized a beloved giant otter named Fernando. Fernando suffered from arthritis and a painful foot inflammation due to an old leg injury. The zoo used a groundbreaking ...

Southern sea otters living along California’s coast are struggling in warmer seas, with new threats and changing food sources. They, like the other two sea otter subspecies, are classified as ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

MONTEREY — On-call staff members at the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s sea otter rescue and conservation program rescued a six-month-old otter stranded on San Carlos Beach in July. She was emaciated and ...

Their fur is so soft it almost led to their extinction, but otters’ recovery has been a boon to Pacific kelp forests, a key habitat for other sealife Sea otters use their agile, grippy forepaws to ...

MONTEREY — On-call staff members at the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s sea otter rescue and conservation program rescued a six-month-old otter stranded on San Carlos Beach in July. She was emaciated and ...