A few hundred feet from a McDonalds’ and a strip mall, sandwiched between busy and polluted roads, is a lush and thriving urban wetland, built by very unusual residents.

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A family of beavers that came to London in 2023 is thriving in west London, and preventing flooding by doing what they do best — building dams.