Reintroductions

Water vole, Arvicola terrestris, Kent, August 2009

European water vole guide: identification, diet and habitat

Beaver female with kits/ Credit: Mike Symes Devon Wildlife Trust

Landmark decision gives wild beavers permanent right to remain in England

Eurasian beaver with reeds in mouth in Estonia. © Sven Zacek/Getty

Eurasian beaver guide: how to identify, why they became extinct in the UK, and where they’ve been reintroduced

Beaver in river. Credit David Chapman.jpg

National Trust announces plan to reintroduce beavers

Large heath butterfly bred at Chester Zoo previously released in Lancashire.

Rare butterfly to be reintroduced

Chequered skipper. © Andrew Cooper

Rare butterfly flies again in England

Rhino in boma in Akagera National Park. © Scott Ramsay/African Parks

Successful translocation of rhinos to Rwanda

Eastern quoll. © Aussie Ark

Quolls released on mainland Australia

Release of a lynx named Goru into the wild in Slovenia. © Janez Tarman

Lynx translocated to save endangered population

Maya and the 150th chick. © Rutland Water Nature Reserve

150th osprey chick hatches at Rutland Water Nature Reserve

European beaver. © Alasdair Sargent/Getty

Beavers given protected status in Scotland

Beaver in pond at Cropton Forest. © Sam Oakes/Forestry England

Beavers arrive in Yorkshire to manage floods

Land iguanas are an endemic species to the Galápagos Islands. © Island Conservation

Iguanas reintroduced to island after 180 years absence

Alex Raeder with one of the water voles. © Steve Haywood / National Trust Images

‘Ratty’ returns to former Exmoor home, after an absence of more than 30 years

The Lynx UK Trust plan to reintroduce six lynx. © Neville Buck

Reintroduction of lynx to the UK takes a step forward