The descendants of black-bear-sized giants who could haul massive rocks with their mouths, modern Castor canadensis once ...

Scientists say artificial beaver dams could help protect fish, water quality, and biodiversity as climate change reshapes ...

Quick Take Oregon officially named the American beaver as its state mammal in 1969 after long informal symbolism. ...

Artificial beaver dams are spreading across the Pacific Northwest. New research shows they may help rivers handle warming temperatures.

The use of artificial beaver dams to replicate the ecological benefits created by the industrious rodents shows promise for offsetting damage to fish habitat, water quality, and biodiversity arising ...

Nature's Advanced Flood Control System Beaver wetlands create locally climate-resistant landscapes through their ecosystem ...

Beavers are again proving themselves to be nature's unsung heroes. If you're enjoying freshwater swimming or fishing in Scotland, you might have the hard-working rodents to thank, according to the ...

Beavers and the dams they build promote sediment deposition and modify channel and floodplain morphology and physical complexity. Beaver activities may result in increased watershed-scale water and ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - A study has proven that natural dams built by beavers are effective in restoring dying and damaged river ecosystems, as quoted by Earth from the journal Restoration Ecology, which ...

Across the drying West, beavers are increasingly valued for the ecological role their dams play. Utah is leading the way in ...

A groundbreaking study has revealed that brown trout can successfully navigate beaver dams -- obstacles which were previously thought to pose a significant barrier to their movement. A groundbreaking ...