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 ...

North American river otters can grow to four feet long from tip to tail. The phrase “this place is a pigsty” might need to be replaced with “this place is an otter latrine.” Particularly the busy ...

COLUMBIA — To the hum of laboratory machines, Rebecca Mowry pours a steaming beaker of liquid gel into a pristine plastic plate to prepare a DNA test. You would never know that she is working with ...

North American river otters have lived for a long time in Chesapeake Bay, yet relatively little is known about how their surroundings impact them. So what does daily life for river otters on the ...

EDGEWATER, Maryland (WJZ) — 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, ...