Otter spotted for first time in 100 years in New York City's Bronx River
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A North American river otter was photographed in June 2026 in the Bronx River by a motion-activated camera operated by Wildlife Conservation Society scientist RJ Hawkins—the first documented sighting in the river since the early 1900s. River otters had vanished from New York's waterways due to pollution, habitat loss, and trapping.
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