Thanks to their impressive building skills, beavers are a keystone species—an animal whose activities support its entire ...

Sometimes called the original "ecosystem engineers," beavers and the techniques they use are guiding conservationists in New Mexico to protect scarce water resources. Defenders of Wildlife is working ...

A family of beavers made global headlines earlier this year when they built a dam exactly where authorities had been planning one in Czechia, saving taxpayers around CZK 30 million (€1.2 million).

Why do beavers build dams? Is humane beaver control possible? Get rid of beavers naturally by outsmarting them using clever water control structures. This article is also in audio form for your ...

Beaver dam analogs built by land managers capture the ash and debris that run off hillsides after fires. Photograph by RONAN DONOVAN. It’s easy to empathize with beavers.

The dam project, drafted in 2018 and based on a former military training site south of Prague, had been delayed by land negotiations. Local beavers built several dams, saving the government more ...

Suzanne Fouty of Baker City has been advocating for boosting Oregon’s beaver population for years, and she’s pleased that ...

However, tens of thousands of beavers continue to be killed every year, often in response to damage caused when they fell trees or build dams that flood nearby roads or agricultural fields.

A beaver forages in an Oregon stream. Beavers are considered nature's engineers and a new law prohibits trapping beavers on ...