For International Beaver Day, we take a peek at one of nature"s most prolific engineers, the beaver. This sleek swimmer is at Schwabacher’s Landing, a boat landing along the east shore of the Snake River in Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park. Beavers build dams to help keep their lodges and litters safe, but the positive impacts ripple through the environment: restoring wetlands, combating climate change, and removing fertilizer runoff. If we protect their habitat, beavers will pay it forward by creating the wetlands so many threatened or endangered species rely on.
Busy building wetlands
Today in History
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The birth of Bauhaus
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Veterans Day
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A bridge that rocks
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Independence Day
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Why’s it called a spelling ‘bee,’ anyhow?
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Autumn in the Prosecco Hills
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Step into the dark
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National Park Week: Everglades National Park
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Why does this panda cub look so happy?
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Hues of Hokkaido
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The Zugspitze: Germany s highest point
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Vietnam’s new bridge deserves a big hand
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Guiding ships to safety
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Happy Thanksgiving
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Under Parisian skies
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Happy Astronomy Day!
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Father s Day
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World Octopus Day
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Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia
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1, 1, 2, 3: It s Fibonacci Day!
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International Polar Bear Day
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A walk among the giants
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That s quite a schnoz, baby tapir
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Travel Sunday: San Francisco
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Gazing down on planet Earth
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Let the Highland games begin
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This grizzly has Napping Day down
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Southern lights for Antarctica Day
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Travel Sunday: Liverpool
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Salmon return to the Copper River