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Wildlife Adapts to Human Landscapes Across Europe
Many European wildlife species, from beavers to wolves, are increasingly returning to and adapting to live in human-dominated landscapes.
Every Wildlife story tagged Living with returning species.

Many European wildlife species, from beavers to wolves, are increasingly returning to and adapting to live in human-dominated landscapes.

Wild beaver kits have been born in Norfolk for the first time in over 500 years, with a pair of newborns spotted at Pensthorpe nature reserve near Fakenham. The kits are the offspring of two free-living beavers who arrived at the reserve in December, with their origin still a mystery.

Permafrost regions, containing three times more carbon than all living vegetation on Earth, are at risk of reaching a tipping point due to heatwaves and wildfires, leading to massive greenhouse gas emissions.