Researchers have developed two new methods, in order to be able to better estimate the numbers of European otters (Lutra lutra) and their effects on the fish farming industry. Genetic analyses of the ...

The world’s most endangered otter species, known as the hairy-nosed otter (Lutra sumatrana), has been “rediscovered” in Deramakot Forest Reserve in Sabah, Malaysia, by a collaboration of German and ...

Hu Min (left) introduces the Chengdu Otter Watch project on the campus of Sichuan Agricultural University in Dujiangyan, ...

New research by Cardiff University's Otter Project has found that PFAS, also known as "forever chemicals," present in English otters, raising concerns about potential health impacts in the future. The ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. In China, where most rivers are deprived of large mammals due to habitat destruction and over-exploitation, a healthy population of Eurasian otters ...

1. Otter ecology and its background -- 2. Pen pictures. Thirteen otters of the world : some natural history -- Europe -- Common or Eurasian otter, Lutra lutra -- North America -- River otter, or North ...

The post Otters Were Hunted to Near Extinction and Now They’re Healing Rivers appeared first on A-Z Animals. World Otter Day is May 25th, and that’s cause to celebrate! Besides their absolute cuteness ...

In the late 1970s, the fate of the Eurasian Otter (Lutra lutra) in France was very gloomy. By just looking at the otter’s range map, one could see that most of the country was left with vast regions ...

Researchers at the CEU Cardenal Herrera University (CEU UCH) in Valencia, the Institute of Biomedicine of Valencia (CSIC) and the Autonomous University of Barcelona have detected the first case of ...

Bringing to life spectacles of natural wonder on our doorstep Otters are members of the Mustelid family which also includes badgers, polecats and weasels. There are 13 species of otter in the world ...

The Eurasian otter was found lying on the side of a rural road in Goa, India, with injuries from a vehicular strike, according to a study. Google Street View from ...