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Otters

Fatal Toxoplasma gondii COUG strain infections in southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis): New insight on contributing factors and parasite serotyping

Devinn M. Sinnott, Melissa Miller, David Arranz-Solís, Felipe Rodriguez, Jeroen P. J. Saeij, Francesca Batac, Katherine Greenwald, Colleen Young, Michael D. Harris, Mary Gomes, Karen Shapiro

published 10 Sep 2025

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The effect of a harmful algal bloom (Karenia selliformis) on the benthic invertebrate community and the sea otter (Enhydra lutris) diet in eastern Hokkaido

Jackson Johnstone, Ippei Suzuki, Randall William Davis, Natsuki Konno, Kyohei Murayama, Satsuki Ochiai, Yoko Mitani

published 21 Nov 2024

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Study of heavy metal resistance genes in Escherichia coli isolates from a marine ecosystem with a history of environmental pollution (arsenic, cadmium, copper, and mercury)

Ashley S. Tseng, Marilyn C. Roberts, Scott J. Weissman, Peter M. Rabinowitz

published 16 Nov 2023

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Incidental temporal binding in rats: A novel behavioral task

Dominika Radostova, Daniela Kuncicka, Branislav Krajcovic, Lukas Hejtmanek, Tomas Petrasek, Jan Svoboda, Ales Stuchlik, Hana Brozka

published 22 Jun 2023

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Evaluating translocation success of wild eastern hellbenders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis) in Blue Ridge Ecoregion streams using pre- and post-translocation home range sizes and movement metrics

Bradley D. Nissen, Michael J. Freake, Emilly Nolan, Rebecca H. Hardman, William B. Sutton

published 20 Apr 2023

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Better sturdy or slender? Eurasian otter skull plasticity in response to feeding ecology

Luca Francesco Russo, Carlo Meloro, Mara De Silvestri, Elizabeth A. Chadwick, Anna Loy

published 29 Sep 2022

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Nasopulmonary mites (Acari: Halarachnidae) as potential vectors of bacterial pathogens, including Streptococcus phocae, in marine mammals

Risa Pesapane, Andrea Chaves, Janet Foley, Nadia Javeed, Samantha Barnum, Katherine Greenwald, Erin Dodd, Christine Fontaine, Padraig Duignan, Michael Murray, Melissa Miller

published 16 Jun 2022

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Airborne vocal communication in adult neotropical otters (Lontra longicaudis)

Sabrina Bettoni, Angela Stoeger, Camilo Rodriguez, W. Tecumseh Fitch

published 26 May 2021

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Selection preferences for animal species used in bone-tool-manufacturing strategies in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Justin Bradfield, Andrew C. Kitchener, Michael Buckley

published 01 Apr 2021

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LeMaRns: A Length-based Multi-species analysis by numerical simulation in R

Michael A. Spence, Hayley J. Bannister, Johnathan E. Ball, Paul J. Dolder, Christopher A. Griffiths, Robert B. Thorpe

published 03 Feb 2020

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DNA metabarcoding-based diet survey for the Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra): Development of a Eurasian otter-specific blocking oligonucleotide for 12S rRNA gene sequencing for vertebrates

Priyanka Kumari, Ke Dong, Kyung Yeon Eo, Woo-Shin Lee, Junpei Kimura, Naomichi Yamamoto

published 12 Dec 2019

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Visual encounters on line transect surveys under-detect carnivore species: Implications for assessing distribution and conservation status

Jose M. V. Fragoso, Fernando Gonçalves, Luiz F. B. Oliveira, Han Overman, Taal Levi, Kirsten M. Silvius

published 30 Oct 2019

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Variation in Neotropical river otter (Lontra longicaudis) diet: Effects of an invasive prey species

Diego Juarez-Sanchez, John G. Blake, Eric C. Hellgren

published 03 Oct 2019

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