The Erie Otters entered the final week of their regular season trailing Sarnia by one point for the final spot in the Western Conference playoff race. Erie (26-34-2-2) had 56 points and Sarnia had 57.

(Reuters) - Humans are not alone in the use of tools. Chimpanzees, for instance, crack nuts with stones and use sticks to get at tasty termites. Dolphins are known to employ sponges to protect their ...

When we think of predators, we don’t usually think of sea otters, those cute, furry creatures seen in televised nature specials or on visits to aquariums. But that’s what they are, situated near the ...

Two Siamogale melilutra individuals, one feeding on a fresh water clam, are pictured in this artist illustration handout image obtained by Reuters January 23, 2017. Scientists have unearthed fossils ...

MOSS LANDING >> While threatened southern sea otters bob and sun in the gentle waves of this central California estuary, wildlife experts up and down the West Coast are struggling to figure out how to ...

A popular giant otter at the Roger Williams Park Zoo had to be euthanized, despite efforts by zookeepers to treat its ailments with "groundbreaking stem cell therapy." ...

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (WCCO)-- When you're the county seat of Otter Tail County, with Otter Tail Lake nearby and The Otters as your school mascot, you better be into otters. They seem to be, in Fergus ...

The Erie Otters ended a 15-year title drought by capturing the second Ontario Hockey League championship in franchise history. There were many signature moments on the way to hoisting the J. Ross ...

Mark Maksimovich had his big growth spurt midway through high school, and now stands 5 feet 11 inches tall. So Erie Otters rookie Kyle Maksimovich, a junior in high school, holds out hope he will ...