Within days of losing his brother, Fernando, a second giant otter at the Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence has died. Romo, who was almost 14 years old, was euthanized Saturday, Dec. 6, after ...

The Roger Williams Park Zoo euthanized a beloved giant otter named Fernando. Fernando suffered from arthritis and a painful foot inflammation due to an old leg injury. The zoo used a groundbreaking ...

Ohio's Columbus Zoo and Aquarium and The Wilds released 116 giant salamanders, called hellbenders, into the state's waterways over the summer The salamanders, listed as vulnerable by IUCN, are part of ...

The Columbus Zoo & Aquarium is temporarily closing the otter habitats in its new North America Trek region for repairs. Three river otters caused damage to the caulking in their deep pool habitat. The ...

After weeks of waiting and acclimating to their new habitats and enclosures, the animals at the Amazon River’s Edge at the ...

Visitors are flipping out over the cutest new residents at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden. For the first time, a new litter of Asian small-clawed otter pups was born at this zoo! They are now ...

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 ...