Like most new mothers, this giant otter was proud to show off her adorable pair of three-month-old babies in these stunning pictures taken at Cali Zoo, Colombia. The trio are seen swimming together, ...

“A new otter of giant size, Siamogale melilutra sp. nov. (Lutrinae: Mustelidae: Carnivora), from the latest Miocene Shuitangba site in north-eastern Yunnan, south-western China, and a total-evidence ...

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Zoo Miami announced the passing of Kara, its senior giant river otter on Tuesday. (Zoo Miami) MIAMI – Zoo Miami has announced the passing of Kara, its “Grand Dame” of giant river otters ...

Giant river otters of the Peruvian Andes, which grow up to 18 feet long, are highly social, living and feeding together as families all their lives.

But among the gentle slopes of western Lower Austria it really is a giant, with shoulders broad enough to bear the last of the Alps' virgin forests, the country's coldest plateau where ...