Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Within days of losing his brother, Fernando, a second giant otter at the Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence has died. Romo, who ...

A family of giant river otters was released into the Iberá National Park in northeast Argentina on July 1. The endangered species, with no known breeding populations in Argentina over the past 40 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While they only weigh 7.1 ounces as babies, giant otters can grow to six-feet-long and weigh up to 71 pounds. The zoo has just ...

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," the Providence zoo said in a ...

Conservationists released a family of “Argentina’s top aquatic predator” for the first time since the species went considered locally extinct. Photo from Fundación Rewilding Argentina In a wetland of ...

Helen Blazis of Grafton recently returned from leading a safari to the Pantanal of Brazil. Her safari included photographers from Worcester County, and the group wanted to bring home stories of ...

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A wildlife park in the United Kingdom recently welcomed a litter of endangered otter triplets. The litter is the second to parents, Alexandra and Orimar, in less than 18 months and is part of the ...

Julie Sharp is a digital producer at CBS Los Angeles. She is a South Bay native and majored in print journalism at Cal State University Long Beach. Julie previously reported for the Beach Reporter, ...

MIAMI — Zoo Miami has announced the passing of Kara, its “Grand Dame” of giant river otters, who they said was euthanized on Jan.14 after suffering from multiple geriatric health issues. At nearly 20 ...

A second giant otter, Romo, has died at the Roger Williams Park Zoo just days after the death of his brother, Fernando. Romo, who was nearly 14, was euthanized after an exam revealed his cancer had ...