Utterly charming, otters are web-footed animals that inhabit rivers and seas around North America, Asia, Europe, Africa, and ...

Otters are carnivores, so their diets primarily consist of meat. What type of meat depends on what's available. Most otters will eat crustaceans and fish, according to the Blue Reef Aquarium.

identify otter diet and seasonality. compare otter diet in different river systems and urban and rural environments. study the reliance of the otter on the invasive signal crayfish, that is now common ...

The sea otter diet consists of invertebrates such as sea urchins, crabs, mussels, and squid that can cause grease to accumulate in their fur. As the otters lick their pelts to remove the grease ...

Some coastal wolves in Alaska have toxic levels of mercury in their bodies after shifting from a terrestrial diet of deer and ...

River otters are a top predator in the area, so their poop is full of DNA from worms, fish, and other organisms, including parasites. For Lohan, river otters’ diets and bathroom habits make the ...

Hason: A big part of sea otter’s diet is sea urchins. Without their presence — and the loss of another predator, the sunflower sea star — the sea urchins are chowing down entire kelp forest ...

Mink and river otters are crepuscular and nocturnal predators with varied diets. Fish, frogs, crayfish, snakes, turtles, birds, and bird’s eggs are included in the diets of both mammals.

Otters found in Southeast Asia are intelligent and winsome, with slender little bodies, chubby legs, and baby faces. ... and fed very bad human diets,” Taylor says.

Five Asian small-clawed otters at the Living Shores Aquarium in Glen, New Hampshire, enjoyed an early Thanksgiving dinner with some of the classic foods switched out with fishier options.