As researchers discover overlooked tattoos on mummies from around the world, it's prompting new insights about some of the ...

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First responders have long teamed up with dogs in search and rescue operations, but now an otter with an “incredible gift” is ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KSBW) – It was a beautiful sunny day in Santa Cruz, California when an otter suddenly appeared in the ocean hopping on a surfers surfboard. The incredible interaction was caught by ...

Turns out, ancient body art is a lot more common than we once thought—and it's providing historians with new ways of understanding our ancestors. Archaeologist Aaron Deter-Wolf, pictured in his office ...

A video of a North American River Otter shows the animal relaxing and eating crabs on one of the marina’s boats. Otters, also known by their scientific name of Lontra canadensis, are most commonly ...

San Francisco (AP) — An Easter egg dropped by Taylor Swift in the film for her new album is proving to be a boon for sea otters in Northern California. The pop star wore a vintage Monterey Bay ...

Never underestimate the ability of a group of Asian small-clawed otters to overwhelm you with their squeaky cuteness. Because you don’t know squeakiness until you have experienced a pack of otters ...

Former FBI agent Eduardo Valdivia, who was convicted of raping three women in small tattoo parlors he operated, was sentenced to 60 years in prison in Montgomery County Circuit Court on Tuesday.

A former FBI agent was sentenced to 80 years in prison for raping three women at a tattoo studio in Gaithersburg, Maryland. He will serve 60 years. The former agent was convicted of luring women to ...