Why do sea otters hold hands? As you’ll see in this video, it is actually a rather clever sea otter survival strategy!

Last summer, the Vancouver Aquarium started offering sea otter encounters, and the Straight had the chance to see what it was like to interact a little more closely with the aquarium’s fluffiest ...

Winter is perhaps the best time of year to spot a North American river otter in the coastal estuaries of New Jersey. The ...

Polar bears have a built-in defense against ice — greasy fur. A team of scientists has discovered that their fur is coated in ...

There are animals you see so often they become part of the scenery. It is impossible to make a blanket statement about which ...

One frosty looking otter was spotted on an iced over lake in the higher elevations of Kamloops. A couple of others were ...

In contrast, when the polar bear fur was washed and the grease largely removed it performed similarly to human hair, to which ice sticks easily whether it is washed or greasy,” he explained. open ...

like sea otters. open image in gallery A polar bear's insulating fur is shown under infrared heat imaging in Svalbard Archipelago, Norway. New research on the species’ fur sheds light on our ...

Guests reach Spirit Bear Lodge by flying from Vancouver to the small airport at Bella Bella (scheduled for 90 minutes but it can take longer), then transfering to a boat for a two-hour journey north ...

The bears’ greasy fur is the secret to the popular species ... human hair and in the hair of other aquatic animals, like sea otters. The finding suggests sebum’s presence in polar bears ...

The Malayan Tapir is another option with its distinct black and white coat, which can serve as a great contrast to the orange fur of the Orangutans ... videos online of Otters and Orangutans ...