Oregon’s state animal has for years been classified as a “predator” by the state fish and wildlife agency, and that’s meant that the North American Beaver has lived largely unprotected from private ...

Beavers and muskrats are excellent builders. But how can you tell the difference between a beaver dam and a muskrat lodge?

This station is about a species that you probably won’t see from the Waldbauer trail, and yet you see its effects everywhere you look in the Adirondacks. The North American beaver (Castor canadensis) ...

I’m often asked, “what good is ‘X’ species,” “or “what can ‘X’ species do for me?” Regarding American beavers from a utilitarian view, the answer is that beavers are key to restoration of stream and ...

A beaver swims in a pond on the tundra. (Peter Pearsall/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) Oregon’s state animal has for years been classified as a “predator” by the state fish and wildlife agency, and ...