Beavers have been reintroduced to Dorset for the first time in 400 years, a wildlife trust has revealed. A pair of adult male and female beavers were introduced into an enclosure in the west of Dorset on Monday. The pair will live in a large area of freshwater habitat not accessible to the public which … Read more
That’s dam clever! Beavers build their first water barrier in Exmoor for 400 years as they create ‘instant wetland’ just nine months after being introduced to slow the flow of the river The dam was constructed by the beavers at the Holnicote Estate near Minehead Animals are first to be released into the wild … Read more
A dam good gift: Boris Johnson gives his father Stanley BEAVERS as a present for his 80th birthday Boris Johnson gifted his father, Stanley, a group of beavers on his 80th birthday The Prime Minister and his siblings got a licence to allow beavers at his estate Beavers were native to Britain before excessive hunting … Read more
Ancient Arctic beavers were cutting down trees for food four million years ago, long before they started building dams, a new study shows. Scientists analysed bones of the extinct Dipoides beaver and plant fossils from Ellesmere Island in northern Canada to work out what the creatures ate. Isotopic evidence indicates a diet of woody and … Read more
Beavers are massively changing landscapes in the Arctic by building dams, which melt permanently frozen ground and release greenhouse gases, a new study says. Over the last few years, beavers have expanded into many tundra regions where they had never been seen before, due to an abundance of vegetation. But they are also building more … Read more