It's a myth that artificial vanilla flavoring comes from castoreum extracted from beaver castor sacs. Flavor chemists explain that artificial vanilla flavor is made from synthetic vanillin. Vanillin ...

As a wildlife damage specialist for the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks, I’ve accepted the fact that odd odors are just part of the job. From handling skunks to hard working interns that haven’t ...

It’s hard to believe that beavers, the largest rodents in North America, were once on the brink of extinction after mountain men traversed across our undeveloped nation in search of new land and ...

Follow the story of how beavers have earned their role as New York's state mammal by contributing to the economy and ...