I collect images of beaver marks as great examples of beaver art 🦫

I'd like to think they're artistic creatures, acting spontaneously. But perhaps they're driven by curiosity, trying one thing after another. Sometimes I've found beaver cuts on trees they usually don't like, even though there were more delicious ones nearby.

Cover of the Proceedings of the Voronezh Nature Reserve, based on materials from the 5th National Conference on Beavers (1976).

Happy International Beaver Day! 🦫

Thank you, #beavers, for creating beautiful and diverse wetlands! To celebrate this special day, we are starting to prepare for the relaunch of the beaver meetings in 2027 at the Voronezh Nature Reserve, from which half of our reintroduced population comes from.

(PDF) Recovery in the melting pot: complex origins and restored genetic diversity in newly established Eurasian beaver (Rodentia: Castoridae) populations PDF | Several larger vertebrate species have recovered from dramatic bottlenecks caused by overhunting and habitat destruction. One of the most notable... | Find, read and cite all the research you ne...

I have a couple of articles on hand about genetics and some peculiarities of dispersal www.researchgate.net/publication/... and www.researchgate.net/publication/...

I plan to share updates on the Tuva beavers, and I hope the reintroduction program will begin soon

The Eurasian beaver survived only in a few small populations in Europe, Russia, and Mongolia, all of which are considered subspecies. Some of them were used for reintroduction, so most of Eurasia is now inhabited by European subspecies and hybrids, except for some regions in Siberia and Mongolia.

The Tuva beaver is characterised by its smaller size and the presence of white patches on its feet and body. These are the consequences of long-term isolation.

✅ We've successfully upgraded the conservation status of the relict beaver subspecies C. f. tuvinicus. This enables the urgent start of the restoration project. These beavers inhabit remote mountain rivers in Siberia, but European subspecies are now replacing them.

📷N. Kartashov📍Azas Nature Reserve

Some Hitchcock vibes at the beaver feeding ground. It seems all these birds are grateful to the beavers for the opportunity to rummage all day among branches, wood chips, and debris.

It's been a harsh winter and it just doesn't want to go away. But my beavers made it through successfully, and now they're making the most of the thaw to get to some delicious shrubs.

Beavers in the urban environment can cause some problems, but they also help protect natural riparian habitats. We are currently preparing a publication about the beaver population in one of the world's largest cities.

I became the head of the Russian Beaver Working Group under the Theriological Society. About half of the Eurasian #beaver population lives in our country, so we have many tasks and challenges. Our plans include promoting beaver management, NbS, education, and conservation of relict subspecies 🦫