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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Easter Sunday
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Happy Astronomy Day!
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Barcelona bids farewell to summer
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Fiddlehead fern fronds
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Avalanche Lake Trail at Adirondack High Peaks, New York
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International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend
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Detroit Industry Murals by Diego Rivera
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Northern gannets, Shetland Islands, Scotland
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Vineyards in the Mosel Valley, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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A great white egret in Hungary
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Ribblehead Viaduct, North Yorkshire, England
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Veterans Day
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What’s blooming in New Zealand?
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Great Fountain Geyser, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
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Berlin Festival of Lights
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World Children s Day
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Ruins of a royal temple
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World Water Day
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A hit ballet, long after its debut
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Ancient til trees in Fanal Forest, Madeira, Portugal
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Roques de Benet, Els Ports Natural Park, Catalonia, Spain
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Chestnut-headed bee-eaters, Bardia National Park, Nepal
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