Two baby beavers have been born in Cornwall as part of a wildlife reintroduction project. The parent beavers, Twiggy and ...

The first new release of wild beavers is expected to take place in Purbeck Heaths, a protected landscape spanning more than 8,000 acres which was designated as the UK’s first “super” nature ...

Parents Twiggy and Byrti were introduced to a purpose-built enclosure on the estate, near Mevagissey, in 2023 and 2024 ...

The beavers will be released under a licensing system overseen by Natural England. It says long term plans will need to be in place to avoid impacts on farming, food production and infrastructure.

Conservationists are championing river restoration and the reintroduction of beavers as crucial strategies to build landscape ...

Beavers will be released into the wild in England under licence for the first time, the government said today. The dam-making rodents had been extinct in this country since the 16th century after ...

Beavers were hunted into extinction in England in the 17th century. This past week, for the first time, beavers were legally released into the English countryside.

Beavers that were mysteriously reintroduced in England have now won government protection and a legal “right to remain.” Beavers were once native to England but … ...

The beavers will be released under a licensing system overseen by Natural England. It says long term plans will need to be in place to avoid impacts on farming, food production and infrastructure.

Natural England chairman Tony Juniper next to a dam at the beaver wetlands area near Cullompton, Devon Credit: Ben Birchall/PA. They also slow the flow of water, reducing the risk of flooding ...