Just in time for mid-morning snack and/or coffe break, let's check in with little Cayucos the otter pup as she munches on some treats! Also, see the photos of Cayucos we posted in January. more ›

With the warm weather, more people are visiting the zoo. Otters are some of the more playful animals in the world, as this video shows. more ›

Otter this world! more ›

We thought we'd been hearing jugbands downtown recently, and now we know we have: River otters are making a comeback in Chicago waterways. According to the Chris Anchor, chief biologist for Cook County (jobs we didn't know existed: that one), "Almost all the watersheds in Cook County have otters. They're everywhere...there's definitely otters downtown." No one's sure exactly why the otters have re-emerged, but the Brookfield Zoo and Forest Preserve District will be tagging... more ›