A University of Windsor student recently caught an extraordinary sight on video while on a walk near the Ambassador Bridge. "A straight-up river otter in the Detroit River!" Eric Ste Marie says in ...

Scientific name: Lontra canadensis River otters display several adaptations ... notes National Geographic. University of Michigan documents note that their physical adaptations enable them to ...

The waters in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan freeze over fast in winter–and river otters need to work just as fast to keep holes open in the ice. If they close, the otters lose access to fish.