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Recent Examples of beaver
In Rocky Mountain National Park, a recent study found that moose and elk might be to blame for far-reaching changes to valley ecosystems, as their browsing reduces important plants like willows, depriving beavers of habitat and materials for their wetland engineering.
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John Wendt, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2025
Relocating nuisance beavers isn’t new in western states.
—John Leos, AZCentral.com, 8 July 2025
The giant beaver’s journey to becoming Minnesota’s state fossil has been a long and winding one.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2025
And its bucktoothed beaver mascot strikes a chord with shoppers who scramble to buy seasonal blankets, shot glasses, T-shirts, bathing suits and other merchandise branded with the beaver.
—Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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John Wendt, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2025
Relocating nuisance beavers isn’t new in western states.
—John Leos, AZCentral.com, 8 July 2025
The giant beaver’s journey to becoming Minnesota’s state fossil has been a long and winding one.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2025
And its bucktoothed beaver mascot strikes a chord with shoppers who scramble to buy seasonal blankets, shot glasses, T-shirts, bathing suits and other merchandise branded with the beaver.
—Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beaver
Noun
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Now native Spartina grasses have returned, as have muskrats and threatened bird species.—
Kyra Morris,
The Atlantic,
22 Aug. 2025
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Its voraciousness has threatened native populations of minks, muskrats, and river otters.—
Nathaniel Rich,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Ksenia, whom Baranov meets at a hedonistic party in the early 1990s as counterculturals rage amid the dawn of a new, post-USSR Russian era, is indicated as a grifting wild thing, the type who always has a mysterious male benefactor to keep her in minks.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
31 Aug. 2025
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On the smaller side, species like the river otter and mink can be found feasting on fish by the water’s edge, while lucky visitors may catch a glimpse of a wolverine roaming the tundra—and these are far from the only predators that call Katmai home.—
Jared Ranahan,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Emails multiplying like rabbits.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
11 Sep. 2025
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Some places also have rabbits, reptiles and other animals looking for home.—
Cody Godwin,
USA Today,
9 Sep. 2025
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And all of a sudden, an otter comes right up to the glass and begins interacting with them, soon joined by a second otter.—
Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
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The otter’s work in the wild presents unique dangers, most notably from alligators that aren’t present in Splash’s training pools.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Aug. 2025
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Have fun sticking it to the man—or the raccoon, as the case may be.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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Both viruses are highly contagious and often fatal to mammals, such as dogs and raccoons, according to information from the Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine and the American Veterinary Medical Association.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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While intentionally bred to be independent hunters of badgers, dachshunds can be brave, yet rash and stubborn.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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Those who are lucky may notice foxes, badgers, otters or deer along the route.—
Jeanine Barone,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Levi studies the endangered Humboldt marten, a small carnivore that lives on the Northern California and Southern Oregon coast.—
Andrew Cunningham,
ArsTechnica,
28 Aug. 2025
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This acquisition will improve the habitat for Wisconsin’s endangered American marten, which has been facing a dwindling habitat.—
Noël Fletcher,
Forbes,
8 Dec. 2024
Noun
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By the 1920s and '30s, fox skins draped around the shoulders or fashioned into capes were especially beloved.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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The playful creatures are prey to foxes, jaguars, and even at times humans, but tend to eat insects, plants, roots and smaller vertebrates, the zoo said.—
Paloma Chavez,
Sacbee.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Beaver.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beaver. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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