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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/forest-fires-still-burning-near-timmins-ont-1.1263106
A council in Derbyshire is pursuing plans to reintroduce beavers in a bid to boost biodiversity.
A wild beaver has been spotted in Norfolk for the first time since beavers were hunted to extinction in England at the beginning of the 16th century.
Wetlands created by beavers have 45% more butterflies than those created by people, a Butterfly Conservation ecologist has revealed.
An expert on Canadian mammals says the beaver has leucism — a genetic condition that causes a loss of pigmentation. Leucistic beavers are so rare the Canadian Museum of Nature has a pelt in its collection that’s more than a century old.
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