First River Otter Spotted in the Bronx in 100 Years Along the Bronx River
Conservationists say the sighting reflects decades of river cleanup and habitat restoration, with beavers returning in 2007 and otters now seen as a healthy-water indicator.
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River Otter Spotted in the Bronx for the First Time in More Than 100 Years
An otter in New York. It sounds like the title of a direct-to-VHS children’s movie starring Jason Alexander as both the voice of the otter and his human nemesis. Seeing an otter in the Bronx River doesn’t sound like a big deal, but it is. It’s a huge sign that decades of efforts to clean up one of the city’s most polluted waterways are finally paying off. As the Wildlife Conservation Society and Bronx Zoo reported this week, a motion-sensitive c…
The return of the native fauna to the urban environments of New York has recorded a historic milestone. A night camera with motion sensor installed by the Society...
First River Otter Spotted in the Bronx in 100 Years Along the Bronx River
It was June 23rd when a furry brown arrow shot past a motion-activated camera along the Bronx River and sent conservationists mad with excitement. It was the first time in approximately 100 years that an otter was observed in this borough of New York City, and provided compelling evidence that decades of conservation and restoration […] The post First River Otter Spotted in the Bronx in 100 Years Along the Bronx River appeared first on Good News…
An otter returns to the Bronx River after almost a century. The reappearance of this species marks a historic environmental milestone for the city of New York. A group of scientists captured the first images of the specimen after almost a century of complete absence in the area. The images obtained by phototrapping cameras confirm the success of the environmental restoration works undertaken in this river environment. Thanks to this, the area ha…
“This is really not something you see every day,” says the historian.
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