Michigan’s snowmobile permit sales through September were up 83.3% year-over-year from 2024 to 2025. At 139,394 trail permits ...

"It’s stimulating for them, and they need that," yoga instructor Trish Sextella said of the otters WKYC Westmeister Farm in Shelby, Ohio, is offering a gentle, slow-flow yoga class with the farm’s ...

Rescuers saved two teenage boys who broke through thin ice on a north-central Minnesota lake while fishing, officials said. The incident occurred Tuesday afternoon on Straight Lake in Osage, about 9 ...

(AP) — It was a foggy October afternoon on the central California coast when the Marine Mammal Center got a call on their public hotline: there were distressed cries coming from the frigid waters in ...

Researchers who study animals face a common problem. When working with one institution, the pool of study participants is limited. A small sample size can lead to less precise conclusions and presents ...

MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. (WSVN) – The Martin County Sheriff’s Office enlists the help of an adorable otter for an important job on the force. “Splash” is a 2-year-old Asian small-clawed otter that poses ...

A FEW MINUTES. ALL RIGHT CHRIS, THANK YOU. THE MARTIN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS A NEW TOOL TO HELP THEM SOLVE CASES. AN OTTER. YES. YOU HEARD RIGHT. AN OTTER. SHE SAID OTTER. REPORTER ANGELA ROZIER ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A sea otter is harassing Santa Cruz surfers at legendary Steamer Lane, biting riders and stealing surfboards in a ...

The last confirmed sighting of the marine mammal in question, known as Otter 841, was in May 2024. However, surfers reported multiple otter-related incidents in October 2025, suggesting she might be ...

WERE ALL FOR PROTECTING THE OTTER AND LETTING IT CATCH SOME WAVES IT'S A BEAUTIFUL SUNNY DAY IN SANTA CRUZ AND SURFERS ARE OUT CATCHING WAVES MINDING THEIR BUSINESS WHEN SUDDENLY AN OTTER APPEARS ...

Oct. 20 (UPI) --Visitors to a California beach are warning of an aggressive otter with a habit of stealing surfboards -- and it isn't the first time. Isabella Orduna said she was surfing Wednesday ...

Stealing surfboards, nipping feet, even chasing down surfers: “Our local sea otters—or possibly just one—are getting feisty again,” California photographer Mark Woodward tells Smithsonian magazine via ...