He is training an otter to find people. "'Splash' is trained to locate and identify the odor of human remains. So, his job is to find the human victim underwater in the low visibility conditions ...

Published today in the journal Science Advances, the study shows that a mass die-off of ochre sea stars (often called Pisaster ochraceus) due to a sea star wasting event created a mussel boom – ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Workers reporting to a Virginia Beach military base office building last week found a charming surprise when they walked up to the entrance — two baby otters huddled together in ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Oregon Zoo is mourning the death of Tilly, the river otter who started out as a rescued orphan pup and went on to become a mother herself and had brushes with fame ...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - It was a somber day at the Oregon Zoo on Wednesday when the zoo announced the death of its beloved otter ‘Tilly’. Tilly was the oldest member of the Oregon Zoo’s North ...

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. — A tow truck driver was killed while working to tow away a dump truck in Chesterfield County on Wednesday afternoon. The incident happened near the intersection of ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — The Oregon Zoo is mourning the loss of Tilly, the oldest member of its North American river otter family, who was humanely euthanized following a decline due to her ...

The zoo announced Wednesday that two North American river otter pups, female Ginger and male Wasabi, were born on Feb. 8 to mother Elva and father Dragonroll. The pups have been bonding with their ...

From a group of playful otters vying over a fresh fish to weeping plum trees glistening in the rain, the final selection of a National Geographic challenge open to amateur photographers have ...

In the wake of the sea star die-off, mussels became a major prey surplus for sea otters, revealing a surprising link between the adjacent rocky intertidal and kelp forest ecosystems. The new ...

OTTER TAIL COUNTY, Minn. (Valley News Live) - We now know the names of the two people involved in an Otter Tail County chase that ended in a deadly crash. It happened around 8 p.m. Monday near ...