A Beijing court sentenced a woman to 11 months in prison for smuggling otter fur, as part of efforts to strengthen wildlife protection by punishing offenders. Feng Meng, 33, was also fined 10,000 ...

"Sea otters," says marine biologist Jim Bodkin, " have absolutely the finest fur in the animal kingdom. If you've ever held one in your hands, you would know why. They have an incredibly dense and ...

These otters swim by propelling themselves with their powerful tails and flexing their long bodies. They also have webbed feet, water repellent fur to keep them dry and warm, and nostrils and ears ...

Wrapped up against the gusting Scottish wind, a man is strolling slowly along the jagged shoreline with his lolloping puppy.

Unlike most marine mammals, sea otters are primarily insulated by fur, not blubber. In fact they have the densest fur in the animal kingdom. Sadly that thick, resplendent coat has also given otters ...

Sea otters are famed for their luscious pelts, but the fur almost led to their extinction. By 1938, only a tiny population of ~50 remained clinging to the central California coast. Since then ...

Sea otters need to make sure their fur is kept clean and dry, so Naomi steps in to help give this cute baby otter a brush down. This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable ...

Sea otters were once common around the North Pacific but were eradicated from southeast Alaska by about A.D. 1830 due to the commercial fur trade. In the 1960s, sea otters were re-introduced to ...

"Then I go to grad school, and my graduate school work was to go out and pick up river otter poops." Scat and animal fur can be used for non-invasive genetic sampling, helping researchers identify ...

They have long tough guard hairs that are coated in oils to provide a waterproof barrier for their dense soft under fur. When fluffed up the soft fibres trap air giving the otter buoyancy and ...

The otters have been seen cuddling, snoozing and grooming each other’s fur. They are visible from a promenade at the cape, also known as Kiritappu. The otters were first known to have bred in ...