Fresh photographs of the elusive Eurasian otter in Sindh Nallah, central Kashmir, have sparked renewed interest in the ...

Almost 200 years of concern that the world's smallest otter species had gone extinct in Nepal have finally ended. The Asian small-clawed otter (Aonyx cinereus) had not been spotted in Nepal since 1839 ...

The sighting of an elusive Eurasian otter in Goa, India, has been confirmed. According to Mongabay, a passerby discovered an injured Eurasian otter on the side of the road in February 2025. Suspected ...

The presence of the Asian small-clawed otter has been confirmed in Nepal for the first time in over 185 years. Mongabay News reported that scientists and conservationists have been celebrating the ...

From kelp forests to sea grass meadows, these charismatic predators are quietly holding parts of the coast together.

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 ...

The Virginia Zoo announced this week the birth of three Asian small-clawed otter pups to a fledgling family of the vulnerable species. The trio of babies, all male, are the first pups to be born at ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A U.S. National Park Service paleontologist and Grateful Dead fan has been credited with identifying an extinct species of otter found in south-central Idaho and named it after the ...

Gena Bentall paddled her kayak deep into Elkhorn Slough on the lookout for the flip of a tail or the bob of a head. About a mile in, sea otters bobbed in the water everywhere. Some dove under the ...

Along a river in an India national park a small mammal was photographed for the first time. Getty Images/iStock Photo When researchers were conducting a field survey in Papikonda National Park in ...

Biologists and ecologists have long wished to gather high-quality data on exactly what the animals they study are eating, but how can such observations be made without disturbing the natural patterns ...