TIL researchers compared 100+ rewilded sites in Scotland to neighboring non-rewilded land. Bird species were up 261%. Breeding territories up 546%. Bumblebees and butterflies increased tenfold. One ecologist said: "The results are astonishingly clear."

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Rewilding delivers dramatic wildlife recovery across Scotland

New research from sites across the Northwoods Rewilding Network shows that rewilding has led to dramatic increases in biodiversity.

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