Two species of water-loving mammals were once widespread in North Central Texas and Southwestern Oklahoma but their populations declined after human settlement, habitat modifications and a past demand ...

Minks are smaller and slenderer with a pointed nose, while otters are larger and heavier with a broader face and webbed feet.

After talking about two birds that are generally unmistakable, I wanted to switch gears this week and take a closer look at a mammal that seems to lead to more annual misidentifications than any other ...

Two naturalists shed new light on a watershed. Richard Carstensen, lead naturalist for Discovery Southeast, and John Hudson, naturalist for Discovery Southeast, led a tag-team presentation on a ...

(CNN) - River otters have made a return to the Detroit River after becoming locally extinct since the early 1900s. This once in a century sighting says a lot about our environment. Eric Ste. Marie was ...

The first recorded sighting of a river otter in the Detroit River in more than 100 years is an indicator that the environment is improving.

Eric Ste Marie was taking a normal morning walk until he noticed something furry bobbing its way toward the Ambassador Bridge. Ste Marie, a 27-year-old University of Windsor doctoral student, is a ...