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American beaver beaver lodge beaver pond near the Wrangell Mountains
How new beaver dams might damage the environment
What is a trophic cascade?
Eurasian beaver
Reviving the Eurasian beaver population
Follow a beaver family and its kits for a year in the Rocky Mountains and learn about their habits and habitat
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American beaver
beaver summary
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How new beaver dams might damage the environment
Learn about a toxic downside to restoration of beaver habitat: a temporary spike...
Video: © American Chemical Society (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
What is a trophic cascade?
Learn how small changes in the food pyramid can upend the ecosystem.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Reviving the Eurasian beaver population
Learn about Eurasian beavers.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz
Follow a beaver family and its kits for a year in the Rocky Mountains and learn about their habits and habitat
Adult beavers and kits (Castor canadensis) in the Rocky Mountains.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

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American beaver
American beaver (Castor canadensis).
Karl Maslowski
beaver lodge
Beaver lodge in cross section.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
beaver pond near the Wrangell Mountains
A beaver pond with the Wrangell Mountains in the background, Wrangell–St. Elias National...
© andyKRAKOVSKI—iStock/Getty Images
Eurasian beaver
Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber).
blickwinkel/Alamy
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