My rubber boots squelched as I grabbed another 5-gallon bucket full of mud from a Wyoming Game and Fish Department herpetology technician. We performed an awkward handoff before I dumped the mud on ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

CHIMAYÓ — The beavers were gone just as abruptly as they’d arrived. A few years ago, an industrious pair of beavers moved into a stretch of the Rio Quemado near the historic Santuario de Chimayó. Over ...

Ponds created by beaver dams can help increase freshwater storage, boost biodiversity, contain wildfires, and improve water quality. Beaver populations in North America have fallen from an estimated ...

Scott Brook Preserve in Cumberland has adapted trails to navigate around flooded spots caused by beaver dams. Beaver dams create ponds that filter pollution, store carbon, reduce peak flood levels, ...