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Wildlife researcher RJ Hawkins photographs the first Bronx River otter in a century

NPR | By Scott Simon
Published August 22, 2026 at 6:43 AM CDT

RJ Hawkins caught a photo of the first sighted otter in the Bronx River since the early 1900s. He talks to NPR's Scott Simon how he did it and why it's important.

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