Peace River K9 Search and Rescue, a Southwest Florida based non-profit, has an unlikely new team member: an otter named ...

Otters are mammals that clearly don’t breathe underwater, but they do taste. To hone his searching abilities, Hadsell and ...

Reportedly, Peace River K9 Search and Rescue hopes to use Splash to extend search efforts into murky water, where search dogs cannot go. Otters can “taste” scents underwater, a unique ability Splash ...

River otters can grow to three or four feet in length and weigh between 12 and 25 pounds. They feed on fish, frogs and crustaceans, as well as eggs, reptiles, birds and small mammals.

River otters can grow to three or four feet in length and weigh between 12 and 25 pounds. They feed on fish, frogs and crustaceans, as well as eggs, reptiles, birds and small mammals.

River otters in Florida got into multiple fights with kayakers last weekend By Shayla Phillips on Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 12:41 pm Photo via Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission/Facebook ...

The river otter is a Florida native, but there’s a good chance you’ve never seen one outside of a zoo. But river otters can be found in every region of the state except for the Keys, and their ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Editor's note: The picture above is not the new otter Huron. Pictures of the Florida Aquarium's newest addition should be available Dec. 8. The Florida Aquarium is getting a new ...

“A North American river otter’s home range can be as large as 30 square miles (78 square kilometers), but a typical territory is 3 to 15 square miles (4.8 to 24 square kilometers).

A trio of otters forage for fish on Lake Sybelia in Maitland, Monday, June 10, 2019. Florida river otters are common in the state’s fresh water rivers, lakes and swamps.