In Scotland, beaver territories, which vary in size but typically feature around four animals, have increased steadily — from 39 in 2012 to 251 in 2020-21, according to an official report.

Returning beavers to Scotland’s lochs and rivers is the first formal mammal reintroduction in UK history, and today’s announcement has been called "a major success story for conservation ...

Beavers are already present on some of that land, but there must be space to rehome more. Scotland’s beavers need more than empty rhetoric, they need help. Advertisement. Hide Ad.

Scotland now has more than 1,000 wild beavers, according to a new report, which found their numbers and the number of territories have doubled since 2017.

After beavers' reintroduction to Scotland, landowners have accused the native rodents of damaging the environment, causing floods, and worse, writes Louise Ramsay. But the public have rallied to the ...

Efforts to restore the environment are revitalising the job market in the Cairngorms National Park and changing lives for the ...

Just months after the Government declared beavers a protected species in Scotland, 20 per cent of the Scottish population has been killed. On Wednesday, MSPs have a chance to vote to stop their ...

EDINBURGH, Scotland — Wrapped inside a brown hessian sack, the baby beaver wriggled as it was carried to an examination table but gave up the fight as a veterinarian deftly punched a microchip ...

Beavers are again proving themselves to be nature's unsung heroes. If you're enjoying freshwater swimming or fishing in ...

A report said the population of the animals in Scotland is expanding rapidly, with around 1,500 believed to be living within 424 territories. Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent.

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Beavers are to make a comeback in London for the first time since they were hunted to extinction 400 years ago. The beavers will be released in Ealing’s Paradise Fields, an eight-hectare site of ...