Megan Swift Thursday, May 9, 2024 1:55 p.m. | Thursday, May 9, 2024 1:55 p.m. An American river otter has been spotted in the Ridley Creek watershed after more than a century of absence.

CHESTER, Pa. (WPVI) -- A mother died Thursday after she jumped from her burning home in Chester, Delaware County. The fire broke out around 8 a.m. in the 1400 block of West Congress Street.

The playful North American river otter is equally at home in the water and on land. It makes its home in a burrow near the water's edge, and can thrive in river, lake, swamp, or estuary ecosystems.