How beavers’ northward expansion can be tracked from space

How beavers’ northward expansion can be tracked from space

Anglia Ruskin University study shows how they leave datable environmental records.

This massive beaver dam in Alberta is so big you can see it from space

If you thought beavers just built small dams in quiet ponds, this might change your entire perspective. Hidden deep within Wood Buffalo National Park in Alberta, there’s a beaver dam so big that it is visible from space. Yes, space. Spanning roughly 800 metres long, it is considered the largest beaver dam in the world, according to the Government of Canada. And it wasn’t built overnight either; it’s believed to have expanded over decades by gene…