Beavers are associated with activity and environmental engineering. If you are “as busy as a beaver,” you are getting things done. These aquatic rodents spend most of their time in the water as they ...

Animals the size of Labrador retrievers are changing the face of Alaska, creating new ponds visible from space. “These guys leave a mark,” UAF ecologist Ken Tape said of North America’s largest ...

Real beavers use their tails to swim, store fat for the winter, as a kick-stand while cutting trees, and of course, for slapping the water in alarm. Before I even finished the story of my nocturnal ...

Oregon wildlife officials are conducting a new statewide survey of beavers and their habitat, part of a plan to protect and recover the animals. The plan’s success largely depends on whether the state ...

This is the latest in an occasional series on the wildlife caught on trail cameras set up by The Republican reporter George Graham and his wife, Gerri, in their "backyard" in Westhampton, ...