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All animals and plants are important to their environment, but are some more important than others? Every ecosystem consists ...

Sea otters spend their lives in the ocean – they mate, sleep, groom, hunt, and give birth in the water. River otters are more ...

A possible link between a Welsh word for beaver, afanc, and the Irish placename Avoca is one of the group’s lines of inquiry.

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The algae blooms on Lost Lagoon — the park's the largest body of water — can lead to low oxygen levels and fish mortality.

With two straight Iowa Class 4A state titles already in the trophy case, the Pleasant Valley girls' golf team shoots for No. 3 this week at Pleasant Valley Golf Course ...

A lot of games revolve around combat, but it's not combat abilities that are the most consistently enjoyable abilities in them. Movement abilities are. It's a theory that's become a preoccupation of ...

The Everest Base Camp trek is not about going off-grid, it is about connecting in more ways than one. Case in point is the former trading post of Namche Bazaar, now a high-altitude global village with ...

World Otter Day is more than a celebration it’s a call to action. Despite their playful charm and internet fame, otters around the world are still in serious danger. From habitat loss and pollution to ...

Alligators are vital to Florida's Everglades ecosystem. They create habitats and maintain water quality. These apex predators ...

Visitors to Grand Rapids' zoo will soon see otters in an expanded, sustainable habitat, tripled in size and equipped with four “feeding cannons" to better mimic otters' natural habitat.