Felled trees. Gnawed tree stumps. Leftover wood chips. These are all signs that you’ve probably got a colony of busy beavers on your hand, particularly if you live near water. And while these animals ...

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 ...

A pair of beavers who were introduced to a nature reserve in February are said to be settling in well and starting to make an impact. The Eurasian beavers were released into an enclosure at the Old ...

Dam-building beavers are known for changing their ecosystems; muskrats can substantially alter vegetation structure.

Drought and steady demand along the Colorado River are draining the nation's second-largest reservoir. Land that was once ...

As ecosystem engineers, beavers build resilience into the landscape. Above ground, we can see changes wrought by beaver ponds ...