The descendants of black-bear-sized giants who could haul massive rocks with their mouths, modern Castor canadensis once ...

Beavers build dams that restore wetlands and provide for other ansials in the area. “Run, Charlie, run!” I hollered, eyeing an angry 40-pound beaver chasing me across a wet meadow in June 1989. Maine ...

Scientists say artificial beaver dams could help protect fish, water quality, and biodiversity as climate change reshapes ...

Nature's Advanced Flood Control System Beaver wetlands create locally climate-resistant landscapes through their ecosystem ...

VANCOUVER, Wash. — The use of artificial beaver dams to replicate the ecological benefits created by the industrious rodents shows promise for offsetting damage to fish habitat, water quality, and ...

Ponds created by beaver dams can help increase freshwater storage, boost biodiversity, contain wildfires, and improve water quality. Beaver populations in North America have fallen from an estimated ...

Oregon calls itself the Beaver State, a designation that reflects more than symbolism. Long before lawmakers made the beaver ...

When a long-planned infrastructure project in the Czech Republic hit a snag, beavers took the reins. Beavers have no regard for human laws, so even if they’d known that the construction of a dam in ...

Nature stepped in after a crucial project in the Czech Republic stalled, surprising local authorities and saving them the equivalent of nearly $1.5 million. As reported by Radio Prague International, ...

CHIMAYÓ — The beavers were gone just as abruptly as they’d arrived. A few years ago, an industrious pair of beavers moved into a stretch of the Rio Quemado near the historic Santuario de Chimayó. Over ...

Professor Jamie Pittock of the Environment and Society school and Australian National University, the key lesson to be ...