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 ...

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 ...

Expert dam-building beavers provide distinctive entertainment. In the wildlife watching world, sometimes it’s easy to get sidetracked from your original goal. You may be targeting a certain species ...

The beaver slid off a bank this week, surfacing in a hole in the ice to stare at us. We stared back, breathless. A midafternoon sighting of this nocturnal animal seemed magical and fleeting. Except ...