Beavers return to Loch Ness after 500 years

After 500 years of absence, beavers are getting a new home around Loch Ness in Scotland. On 30 October, conservation organisation NatureScot granted a licence to the non-profits Trees for Life and Beaver Trust to release up to 15 beaver families over the next three years in the River Ness catchment, of which the loch forms part. Beavers were last...