Beavers are known as ecosystem engineers, capable of transforming entire river systems through their dam-building behavior. By cutting trees and building dams, they slow down water flow and create ...

Widespread beaver dams are showing up in Pacific Northwest coastal wetlands, where they may create sheltered habitat that ...

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 researchers with the U.S. Forest Service and ...

Camera trap footage shows beavers 'working together' to move tree branches and create a dam. The staff at Longleat estate in Wiltshire said their beaver families have had a 'bumper' year. With at ...

Utah State University ecologist Nick Bouwes says beavers may be key to effective river restoration efforts. He and colleagues detail a watershed-scale experiment in Nature's Scientific Reports. Credit ...

When most people think of beavers, they picture animals chewing through trees or building dams across streams. But recent research shows that these animals are doing something far more important: ...