Otters are so shy and elusive it just doesn’t seem plausible that one would be voluntarily going for a walk with a human in ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

Adult river otters can be over 4 feet long, including their tail, and weigh up to 30 pounds (but usually under 20 pounds). Their fur is dark brown, short and very dense. Otters, unlike beavers and ...

"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 ...

American river otters were ubiquitous in most waterways across North America before the arrival of European settlers, the trust said. They were gone by the early 1900s — a casualty of fur ...

True-to-life features: The sea otter plush has big, webbed feet, a round sturdy tail and thick brown fur. And just like a sea otter resting on the waves, it's posed on its back. This lion is a ...