Ripples on the River: Celebrating the Return of the Otter

A celebration of the return of the otter to the UK's rivers and freshwater wetlands after a drastic decline in the twentieth century.

Ripples of excitement are spreading through Europe's rivers. A generation ago, otter watching was a wildlife highlight restricted to remote coastal areas--otter populations had been decimated over the previous century by pesticide poisoning and habitat disturbance. But recent decades have seen the positive effects of determined conservation efforts to clean up...