On land, river otters can bound and run quite well, if not quite as effectively as they swim. They love to playfully slide down snow-covered, icy, or muddy hills—often ending with a splash in ...

River otters are usually peaceful animals - but ... "That's when they all started running. One caught up to my 9-year-old and he got attacked," his mother, Tiffany Fernandez told the Anchorage ...