For the first time in over five centuries, a wild beaver has been recorded in Norfolk, England—an unexpected discovery that ...

More than 400 years after it was hunted to extinction in the UK, the Eurasian beaver is back. The Scottish Government has officially recognised the animals as a native species again, thanks to the ...

How monogamous are humans, really? It’s an age-old question subject to significant debate. Now a University of Cambridge ...

England officials promised to reintroduce Eurasian beavers to the country. However, after a successful starter release in Dorset in March, reintroduction efforts have suddenly stalled. Despite 40 ...

The Eurasian beaver was brought back from near extinction and now thrives across Europe. But this conservation success story may have had at least one unintended and potentially harmful consequence.

An international team of scientists has used detailed analysis of ancient and modern DNA to show that the distribution and lack of genetic diversity among modern European beavers is due largely to ...

This rare footage of a Eurasian beaver felling a tree was filmed last month in North Yorkshire. The beaver, a female, took just 15 minutes to gnaw through the trunk. It was taken by a camera trap at a ...