Photo of the Day
a mother otter and her cubs in the Shetland Islands
Eurasian Otters, Shetland Islands
This Month in Photo of the Day: Animal Pictures
In the Shetland Islands a mother and two male cubs listen intently to the clicking of the photographer’s camera. The nose of the cub at right had a recent encounter with a crab. Adults don’t live as pairs, and males play no part in raising the young.
See more pictures from the February 2013 feature story "The Sultans of Streams."