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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
World
Oliver Milman

Otter spotted for first time in 100 years in New York City’s Bronx River

A still from a motion activated camera shows a river otter
A river otter in the Bronx River. Photograph: RJ Hawkins/Wildlife Conservation Society Education Dept

An otter has been spotted in the Bronx River for the first time in more than 100 years, in a further sign that New York’s previously befouled waterways are recovering some of their ecological health.

The North American river otter was photographed by a motion-activated camera foraging near some vegetation in the Bronx River, a waterway that flows through New York’s Bronx and empties into the East River.

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