Original ResearchPublished 17 July 2026Coexistence in rivers of hunger: Human–otter relations and “Shamans of the Waters” in an Amazonian socioecological systemNatalia Camps Pimenta · Valêncio Walipere Macedo · Jansen Zuanon · Hani El Bizri · Thais Q. Morcatty · Glenn H. Shepard · Adrian Paul Ashton BarnettFrontiers in Conservation Sciencedoi 10.3389/fcosc.2026.1869216
EditorialPublished 30 June 2026Editorial: Global threats to otter health: parasites, disease, and anthropogenic stressorsKyle M. Shanebeck · Carlos Calvo-Mac · Caroline Leuchtenberger · Simon RohnerFrontiers in Mammal Sciencedoi 10.3389/fmamm.2026.1893131
Case ReportPublished 26 November 2025Case Report: Ophthalmic and associated systemic disorders in free-ranging giant otters (Pteronura brasiliensis) documented through video frames and photographsGrazielle Soresini · Nathalie Foerster · André T. Somma · Fabiano A. da Silva · Carolina Ribas · Caroline Leuchtenberger · Guilherme MourãoFrontiers in Mammal Sciencedoi 10.3389/fmamm.2025.1634280
Mammal SciencePublished 17 September 2025Parasitological evaluation of the neotropical otter Lontra longicaudis and the giant otter Pteronura brasiliensis: swimming in little-known waters before it is too latePatricia Parreira Perin · Caroline Leuchtenberger · Mariana Malzoni Furtado · Livia de Almeida Rodrigues · Grazielle Soresini · Nathalie Foerster · Guilherme Mourão · Wilson Junior Oliveira · Talita Oliveira Mendonça · Carmen Andrea Arias-Pacheco · Fabiana Alves Loureiro · Estevam G. Lux HoppeFrontiers in Mammal Sciencedoi 10.3389/fmamm.2025.1678138
Mammal SciencePublished 23 July 2025Exposure of free-living Lontra longicaudis (Neotropical otter) to domestic carnivores and their associated pathogens in a protected area in BrazilGreice Z. Gonchoroski · Jose Reck · Lauren S. Mello · Vinicius P. Silveira · Vagner R. Lunge · Caroline Leuchtenberger · Thales R. O. FreitasFrontiers in Mammal Sciencedoi 10.3389/fmamm.2025.1634247
