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 ...

Beaver Dam is expected to get a little less, while two other Dodge County school districts are projected to get a bit more, ...

NINA KHAN SAYS beavers are “very misunderstood.” Khan arrived at the 16th annual Martinez Beaver Festival with her suitcase ...

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

Years before the dams were demolished, as teams of scientists, tribal members, and landscape renovation experts tried to envision how recovery should unfold, there wasn’t a guidebook to go by.

The American beaver is the nation’s largest rodent. It has been described as nature’s architect and nature’s engineer for its dam building skills. Biologists say beaver dams offer a wealth ...

That’s just as well since beaver dams can sometimes make humans say, “Damn.” The largest known beaver dam, which was in Canada, was more than 2,700 feet long, according the zoo, which shared ...

That’s just as well since beaver dams can sometimes make humans say, “Damn.” The largest known beaver dam, which was in Canada, was more than 2,700 feet long, according the zoo, which shared ...

That’s because beaver dams trap vast quantities of sediment rich in carbon that might otherwise heat the atmosphere, says Christine E. Hatch, a professor of geosciences at UMass Amherst.

Completion of the world’s largest dam removal project — which demolished four Klamath River hydroelectric dams on both sides of the California-Oregon border — has been celebrated as a ...

The impact of reintroduced Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) dams on the upstream movement of brown trout (Salmo trutta) in upland areas of Great Britain. PLOS ONE, 2025; 20 (2): e0313648 DOI: 10. ...

The largest beaver dam on record is in Wood Buffalo National Park in Canada, stretching the length of seven football fields. The dam is so big, it can be seen from space.