Vermont’s Agency of Natural Resources may trap and remove beavers from 21 state-owned dams impacted by beaver-induced debris. The plan is an effort to comply with new technical standard dam safety ...

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 ...

"It's messy work, but pretty fun," a project leader said.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... 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 ...

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 ...

In remote areas of the Warm Springs Reservation and sometimes far off it, restoration crews are rebuilding creeks with an unlikely partner: the beaver. Rather than relying on large equipment, the ...

First, they were pelts, then pests. But now they are emerging as something else: climate heroes. With its chisel-like teeth, a beaver can fell a tree in a matter of hours. The animals eat the bark and ...

EVERETT — The air filled with the smell of cedar as volunteers weaved branches through wooden poles in North Creek near McCollum Park in Everett. Volunteers from Crane Aerospace & Electronics worked ...