Habitat comes in many forms...

This urban creek spillway spills river otters.

(Video and Otter Spotter report by Courtney C)

Feeling badgered on #GivingTuesday?

There's an otter way:

River otters are indicators of something bigger: the health of our watersheds, the resilience of ecosystems, and the impact of restoration. Plus they are adorable (just like badgers).

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River Otter Play Time...

(video and sighting report submitted to our #OttersforWaters partner @elizabethriverproj.bsky.social by Tammy B)

Our word of the day is Kleptoparasitism -- for example, when one animal steals food from another.

Here's a coyote stealing a pelican carcass from a group of river otters.

(Video by Mark Sawyer)

So many river otters...

(Video and Otter Spotter Report by Sheila M)

This afternoon we watched salmon spawning in our local creek.

No river otters in sight...

A romp of river otters on the Verde River, Cottonwood, AZ.

(video by an anonymous observer)

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Sometimes a bobcat falls right to sleep in front of your research camera.

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River otter catches a fish, but her pup nabs it and runs away.

Derelict concrete is a habitat element for these urban river otters.

(Video by K James)

Suburban street as a wildlife corridor.

Top-notch Otter Spotting by Taylor R

Strange things happen in the night.

Some days later...

Bobcat considers its next move.

We don't mean to be scolds, but videos like this send the wrong message. Otters are wild animals, and the illegal pet trade is problematic for a number of the 14 otter species around the world.

Here's a video of wild baby river otters with their mom, where they belong. They're cute too.