If you see a furry head with whiskers pop up in a local creek or wetland, it may be an otter. Or it may be a beaver.River otters were re-introduced to Western New York in the late 1990s after they ...

To add to Alaina Mencinger’s excellent article (“Beavers, acequias and New Mexico’s watersheds,” June 6): Beaver dams don’t just recharge groundwater and create habitat for birds — they also help ...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Commission plans to ban trapping of beavers throughout the Black Hills area where their populations have declined, while also allowing more ...

Signs of the River Otter’s most famous residents are easy to spot, from coppiced trees, dams and new wetlands to wildlife watchers on a summer’s evening. Despite the Devon river’s name, beavers are ...

The Cape Fear River, Carvers Creek State Park and Gordon Butler Nature Preserve provide Cumberland County with plenty of wildlife sightings, but what creatures could residents see in the area that ...

North American river otters, known as cute and playful swimmers, once lived in every major river system in Pennsylvania. But because of development, agriculture and industrialization, otters had ...

An orphaned North American river otter, taken in by Bend-based wildlife hospital Think Wild and rehabilitated, has been transferred to the Kansas City Zoo and Aquarium. The otter was deemed ...