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Scientists know little about the elusive river otters living along the East Coast, but a new study inspired by one bizarre, ...

A new study from the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center in Edgewater, Maryland, found that otter poop, or "scat," ...

North American river otters eat, play and defecate in the same place. And their unhealthy habits make them ideal for ...

New Study Offers First Look at Diet and Ecology of River Otters in Chesapeake Bay ...

The presence of parasites in the otter scat could mean that they are important ecosystem engineers. According to Lohan, the otters may be helping the overall prey populations by eating these animals ...

River otters in Chesapeake Bay reveal their diet and role in disease control through scat analysis by Maryland scientists.