By guest blogger Rich Stallcup October 4, 2012 Sometime around 1.8 million years ago, Eurasian River Otters (Lutra lutra) crossed the Bering Land Bridge onto the North American continent. Analysis of molecular clustering suggests that North American River Otters...
By guest blogger Dave Weichers September 18, 2012 The four otters were in the water on Sunday when I arrived at he West end of Rodeo Lagoon. The bobcat frequently hides in the reeds and runs out on the beach to catch a gull at the West end of the lagoon, but was...
by Megan Isadore, Executive Director, River Otter Ecology Project August 25, 2012 In the days when the earth was new and there were no men but only animals the sun was far away in the sky. It was so far away that there was no summer. It was so far away that the trees...
by Paola Bouley, Co-founder, River Otter Ecology Project August 13, 2012 Studying river otters can sometimes easily be mistaken for hanging loose on the beach — as researchers we walk, climb, and sometimes just sit, watch and record along some of the most beautiful...
By guest blogger Lou Sain, Park Ranger, Muir Woods National Monument July 18, 2012 When river otters re-appeared after a long absence in Muir Woods, we were so excited, but conflicted because we knew they preyed on salmon. We have endangered coho and threatened...