A 74-year-old man in Florida was recently scratched and bitten by an otter that later tested positive for rabies, officials say. The Florida Department of Health confirmed that the 3-year-old male ...

A Jupiter man was out by a pond feeding ducks on Wednesday morning last week, something he typically does. But as he turned his back to the water to walk to his home, he heard something startle the ...

A Florida man was feeding ducks and geese in his local pond when a rabid otter savagely mauled him, leaving the man with dozens of bites all over his body. The Florida Department of Health confirmed ...

A viral video of an ‘unlikely friendship’ between an otter and a fox could give the new John Lewis Christmas advert a run for ...

A man is recovering after he was aggressively attacked by a river otter near a Florida pond, wildlife officials said. Joseph Scaglione told Palm Beach County Animal Care and Control he was feeding ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — South Dakota, as we all know, is a big hunting state. But there are several new proposed hunting rules. There’s even a new trapping season to get more people, especially ...

Lisa Kaufman had her camera set to capture some migrating Northern shoveler ducks on the Monongahela River recently, in Pittsburgh’s Duck Hollow neighborhood, when a movement near the bank caught her ...

What animal is cute, fuzzy and found on almost every continent (except Australia and Antartica)? Otters, of course. Part of the weasel family, these mammals are divided into 13 existing species. Some ...

Otters may look adorable, but scientists say their poop is a goldmine of information. A new study from the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center in Edgewater, Maryland, found that otter poop, or ...

The Erie Otters resumed their latest pursuit of the Ontario Hockey League's Robertson Cup trophy on Thursday. They did so still absent defenseman Matthew Schaefer and center Carey Terrance, who were ...

The ducks at the Great Lakes Aquarium aren’t going anywhere for winter, each has a story of how they ended up in the care of humans, but they do serve as excellent representatives of their species.