Beavers also like the entrance to their lodge or burrow to be submerged, so if they live in an area with fluctuating water levels, they’ll build a dam to create a deep pond. Dams are not usually found ...

Torrey Ritter may not have been born a beaver believer, but he was a quick convert. The signs were too obvious to miss, even for a young biologist just starting his career with Montana Fish, Wildlife ...

High in the mountains west of Fort Collins, teams of scientists and engineers are pretending to be beavers. They may not be swimming or chewing trees, but researchers with the U.S. Forest Service and ...

The descendants of black-bear-sized giants who could haul massive rocks with their mouths, modern Castor canadensis once numbered as many as 400 million in North America. Felling mighty trees with ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock Beavers have a reputation for reshaping rivers and wetlands, but new research shows that their dam-building ...