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 ...

This is Splash – a wannabe search-and-rescue superstar training to hunt for missing people in Florida’s murky waters. Oh, 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 ...

WEST BOCA, FLA. — If you see a river otter marching your way, run — and fast. Leah Vanon learned that lesson the hard way. She'd never heard of otters attacking animals or people standing by a ...

No river otters have tested positive for rabies, but there is a concern that the otters can carry the potentially deadly disease, according to the Florida Department of Health and FWC.

River otters are native to Florida’s rivers, creeks, lakes and swamps, and they are known for playful antics that include “splish-splashing and slipping and sliding all around the rivers and ...

Seasonal habitat use by river otters (Lutra canadensis) and Everglades mink (Mustela vison evergladensis) was documented in the Big Cypress Swamp, Florida, using line transects of chalk-dusted ...

Joey is a young river otter at the Museum of Discovery and Science in Fort Lauderdale. While two older otters frolic in the water, 9-month-old Joey won't jump in. Keepers think Joey was separated ...

River otters are native to Florida’s rivers, creeks, lakes and swamps, and they are known for playful antics that include “splish-splashing and slipping and sliding all around the rivers and ...

River otters are native to Florida’s rivers, creeks, lakes and swamps, and they are known for playful antics that include “splish-splashing and slipping and sliding all around the rivers and ...