While sea otters spend the majority of their time in the water, river otters will often run and play on land. This leads to some interesting behavior that reminds us of fun childhood games: the “run ...

River otters really do have more fun. They jostle, belly-slide across ice and snow and toboggan down embankments into water. Splish splash. Few mammals are known to frolic as much as otters do, said ...

A group of otters is called a “romp,” and it’s easy to see why. Otters have a reputation for being social animals with playful behavior, as demonstrated by these North American river otters at Zoo ...