Research

• Status of the Eurasian otter in Europe - a review

• Role of pollutants in the decline of the otter

• Diseases of otters in Britain

• Survey of Danish free-living otters - a consecutive collection and necropsy of dead bodies

• Ocular pathology in wild otters; Pollution and its effects on otter population in SW Europe; Distribution and population density of the otter and pollution of aquatic ecosystems in Belarus

• Role of dieldrin in the decline of the otter in Britain - the analytical data; Review of current knowledge of PHAH toxicity and vitamin homeostasis in the Eurasian otter

• Post mortem protocol for otters

• DNA fingerprinting of otter spraint Shore

• Integrated approaches to the analysis of contaminants in otters

• Recent developments in population trends of otters in Europe

• Today’s threats to otter populations

• Otter health and welfare

• Otters in education and economics

• Preparation for re-introductions

• Re-introductions as a tool in conservation

• Classical methods of research in otter biology

• New methods; Open session – projects and proposals; Various poster presentations.

• Developing the Nepal Otter Network

• 2016, The Year of the Otter; Report on raising awareness of otters with fishermen and fish farmers in Tanzania

• African Otter Network

• Report on the Asian otters and wetlands training workshop in China

• First photographic evidence of smooth-coated otter and Eurasian otter in Iraq since 1950s

• A review of China’s otter conservation from the national wetland inventory

• Status of smooth-coated otters in the Khauraha River of Bardia National Park, Nepal

• The otter as an umbrella species in China; An otter survey of the River Dee, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 2016

• Illegal trade in otters in Asia.

• Asian Otter Conservation Network Report

• African Otter Network Yearly Report, March 2018

• Conservation of endangered otters and their habitats in Laos through education and reducing illegal trade: Workshop Report

• Too cute! The rise of otter cafes in Japan

• Are Eurasian otters “flooding back”? Some preliminary observations and conservation measures on otter in Montenegro

• Otter sighting at Vil Uyana, Sigiriya, Sri Lanka

• Current status and conservation threats to otters in Nepal: A review

• Mortality causes and body dimensions of otters determined by means of post mortem analysis in Hungary

• An otter survey of the upper reaches and headwaters of the River Dee, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, 2017

• A review of the distribution of records of albino otters.

• Asian Otter Conservation Network Report

• African Otter Network (AON) and the Power Of One initiative

• First photographic documentation of smooth-coated otter in Mahi River, Gujarat, India

• Preliminary study on the occurrence, distribution and traditional knowledge of otters in the Lake Victoria Basin, Kenya

• Towards a cooperation between the Eurasian otter and local people of Hima Anjar/Kfarzabad, Lebanon: A case study

• Preliminary results of first-ever otter survey in Chornobyl Exclusion Zone, Northern Ukraine

• A survey of the Eurasian otter on the River Don, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, 2017-18

• The Eurasian otter – A review of the current world status

• The frequency and size of main prey items taken by the Eurasian otter on the Isle of Harris, Scotland

• Recent records of the Eurasian otter in the Mercure-Lao River Valley, South Italy.

• Asian Otter Conservation Network Report. de Silva, PK

• African Otter Report

• Conservation of threatened otters and their habitats in Guyana: workshop report

• New sighting of the near threatened Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) in Tunisia

• A study of the diet and distribution of the Eurasian otter in the Water of Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland

• Using artwork as a tool to raise public awareness for the conservation of Iraq’s smooth-coated otter (Lutrogale perspicillata maxwelli)

• Distribution modelling of the Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) on the Isle of Anglesey, Wales

• The potential role of social media in support of otter conservation in the Indian Himalayan Biodiversity Hotspot

• First record of Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) from Chilika Lagoon – A Ramsar site situated on the East coast of India

• Participatory monitoring committees: an opportunity for neotropical otter conservation in Mexico

• Bridging the gap: preliminary otter (Lutra lutra) survey on the links between the rivers Dee, Don and Spey catchments, Scotland

• A preliminary population estimate of the vulnerable smooth-coated otter Lutrogale perspicillata maxwelli (Hayman 1956) in the Hawizeh Marsh in Southeastern Iraq with confirmed occurrence in the Hoor Ol-Azim wetland in Southwestern Iran

• Existence of smooth-coated otters (Lutrogale perspicillata) in the Ganges-Padma River basin area of Rajshahi, Bangladesh

• Public perception of otters in South Korea; Obituary: Motokazu Ando.

• Asian Otter Conservation Network Report 2021

• African Otter Report

• Team Otter Report

• IOSF World Otter Day 2020

• Otter Oscars 2020

• Community education in Lao PDR

• Art as a conservation tool in the Mesopotamian marshes, Southern Iraq, using Maxwell’s otter (Lutrogale perspicillata maxwelli) as an example

• A review of trapping of North American river otters (Lontra canadensis)

• The otter (Lutra lutra) on the Isle of Wight, 2020

• A study of the diet and distribution of the Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) on the Water of Leith, Edinburgh

• Urban otters of Bucharest, Romania: threats and conservation

• The diet of the Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) in a southern Mediterranean aquatic environment

• Distribution of the Mesopotamian otter (Lutrogale perspicillata maxwelli) in Iran

• Presence of smooth-coated otter (Lutrogale perspicillata) in selected wetlands of Thatta District, Sindh Province of Pakistan

• Activity budgets and behaviour of the smooth-coated otter (Lutrogale perspicillata) in a human-dominated landscape

• Distribution, threats and community perceptions of otters in Shuklaphanta National Park, Nepal

• Recent records of the endangered hairy-nosed otter (Lutra sumatrana) in Selangor, Malaysia.

Reports

• Asian Otter Conservation Network

• African Otters

• Team Otter

• Malaysian workshop

• IOSF World Otter Day 2021 and 2022

• Otter Oscars 2021

• IOSF Student Research Grant.

  SHORT COMMUNICATIONS

• Otter survey of the island of Corfu 2021

• Otter records in Myanmar

• Malaysia Nature Society Otter Project: Safeguarding the Malaysian otters

• The current status of the management of captive Asian small-clawed otters within the European region.

  PAPERS

• Only south of the Ganges? On recent occurrences and distribution of smooth-coated otters in Bangladesh

• Presence of evidence, and factors affecting distribution of Eurasian otter in the Pelma river, Rukum East, Nepal

• The Central Asian otter in the western part of the Hissar Range in Uzbekistan

• The perceptions of fishermen towards the conservation of spotted-necked otters and conflicts in riverine area of Ondo State, Nigeria

• It’s otterly confusing: distinguishing between footprints of three of the four sympatric Asian otter species using morphometrics and machine learning.

REPORTS

• Asian Otter Conservation Network Report

• African Otter Report

• Team Otter Report

• IOSF World Otter Day 2023

• Otter Oscars 2022

• Report of the first IOSF student research grant project otter survey of the Isle of Barra, 5-17 June 2022.

  SHORT COMMUNICATIONS

• Otters, warm water, bivalves, and harmful algal blooms

• First breeding record of the smooth-coated otter in Hoor ol-Azim wetland in southwestern Iran, with notes on its intra/interspecific behaviour

• On some recent sightings of smooth-coated otters from Pakistan

• Unveiling the tragic tale of Mumbai’s otter, a victim of the pet trade: a case study

• An unusual sighting record of Eurasian otter in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

• First evidence of Eurasian otters in post-independence Bangladesh

• The first photographic evidence of otter on the Isle of Wight 2022

  PAPERS

• Otter mortalities and the effects of road kill mitigation measures in the Isle of Mull, Scotland

• A review of 30 years of rescue and rehabilitation of Eurasian otters in Scotland

• Long term monitoring of Eurasian otters on the Isle of Skye, Scotland

• People’s perceptions of the Eurasian otter conservation in Mugu District, Nepal

• Conservation status survey of smooth-coated otters in Babai River of Bardia National Park, Nepal

• Assessment of status and distribution of smooth-coated otter in Hyderabad and Medak of Yelangana, India.

·  Asian Otter Conservation Network report

· Conservation of endangered otters and their habitats in Central America through education and a training workshop, November 2023

· Team otter programme reconnecting children with nature

· IOSF World Otter Day 2024 – Report

· IOSF Otter Oscars 2023

· Report on the second IOSF student research grant project: otter survey of the Isle of Benbecula, 2–16 September 2023

· Otter Detection Dog Team - training and research

· From small to large pup: a sea otter’s childhood in Monterey bay, California, USA

· A review of the Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) status with a focus on Asia and Africa

· Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) diet and its trophic implications on freshwater systems in the UK and Ireland

· Otter distribution and status in Kazakhstan

· A review of recent research on Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra linnaeus, 1758) distributed in the Khalkh and Numrug river basins, Mongolia

· The presence of the spotted-necked otter (Hydrictis maculicollis) in the Lékédi park, southeast Gabon

· Expanding the range: new records of smooth-coated otters (Lutrogale perspicillata) in Vadodara district, Gujarat, India