According to the Game Commission, an otter is the most adept in water of all the land mammals. It can travel underwater a ...

River otters do not dig their own dens but may modify the unused burrows of other mammals. Otters also dwell in abandoned beaver lodges, hollow logs, under tangles of roots, and within rocky ledges.

After samples were collected, the whale was buried since it was "unable to be towed back to" the beach due to shallow water.

It weighs 10-17 g (0.35-0.60 oz), slightly less than the largest short-tailed shrew. The water shrew’s weight and long tail (67-71 mm, 2.6-2.8 in) (as long or longer than the combined head-body length ...

Marine life care centers across Southern California are reporting a surge in the number of stranded dolphins and sick seals, ...

It's the tale of an ancient land mammal making its way back to the sea ... But we know for certain that this back-to-the-water evolution did occur, thanks to a profusion of intermediate fossils ...

Sometimes, though, it's necessary to capture the seals to treat them for various maladies. So far this year, MERR or another ...

The hump stores up to 80 pounds of fat, which a camel can break down into water and energy when sustenance is not available. These humps give camels their legendary ability to travel up to 100 ...

Marine biologists say sea life off the SoCal coast is in danger of being wiped out, and they say more frequent toxic algae ...

Mums produce milk to feed their babies. And just like me and you, mammals breathe air with their lungs even those in the water come up for air. So because he has four legs, has lots of hair and ...