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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This reef is nowhere near the sea…
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Frost on autumn leaves
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Amphitheatre of El Jem, Tunisia
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An icy extravaganza
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Twas a night just like tonight
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Brooklyn Bridge Park in Brooklyn, New York
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Today is World Refugee Day
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Sedona, Arizona
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The Wave at Coyote Buttes
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Summer winds down in the Hamptons
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The Spirit of Harlem by Louis Delsarte
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Punakaiki on South Island, New Zealand
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Gazing down on planet Earth
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Toledo, Spain
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Oud-West, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Waiting for the perfect shot
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South Beach in Miami Beach, Florida
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Gemsbok in Namibian sand dunes
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Christmas comes to New York City
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Great Backyard Bird Count
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Lands End, Cornwall, England
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Wildlife crossing, Wierden, Netherlands
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Menton, France
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Taking the forest to the cloud
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Art Basel Miami Beach
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Madame Sherri Forest, New Hampshire
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Vote!
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Corfe gets creepy
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
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National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day