10/7/2026
An Otter Just Returned to New York City's Bronx River for the First Time in a Century. Now, You Can Help Name It
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A trail camera photographed the animal earlier this summer, offering a hopeful sign that the once-polluted urban waterway is recovering after decades of restoration work
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