Beavers build dams to ensure water is deep enough for an underwater entrance, protecting them from predators. The internal chamber of a lodge can stay around freezing temperature even on sub-zero days ...

Learn how the beaver helped build Oregon from territorial days to statehood and became its official state mammal.

Pushing into new zones could also prove disruptive and dangerous for other species. As one commenter pointed out, ecosystem ...

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

The Earth has innumerable creatures in the jungles, oceans, skies, and under the mud, some of them might even yet be unknown ...

Previous research on the effect of wolves on the food web has been criticized, raising questions about the predator’s role in ...

Scientists debunk decades-long study claiming wolves' reintroduction triggered a dramatic transformation in Yellowstone.

This is the first story in a two-part series recapping Colorado’s second year of wolf reintroduction. Colorado’s wolf program ...

A new line of research has revealed a surprising finding about how the presence of wolves helps keep people safe.

After the holiday cheermeister calls an end to a season of tinsel, lights and carols, the fate of many real Christmas trees ...

On a crisp Sunday morning, Bumstead, a retired teacher and a member of the McKenzie Flyfishers, along with 23 volunteers, met ...

Only 21 species worldwide are known to do this, almost all in northern climates, according to an article in the journal ...