In spring, summer and fall, the cliché “busy as a beaver” is a pretty good description of this dam building rodent. But the ...

I had no idea that they were even rodents! Beavers can stay underwater for up to 15 minutes at a time. When they're underwater, their noses and ears shut to keep water out. They also have ...

Beyond their dam-constructing skills, beavers are intelligent, territorial, and tough. From their iron-layered teeth to the ...

It can stay underwater for up to 15 minutes. It is also well adapted to eating vegetation, with un-webbed front feet for grasping and manipulating plants and long, strong front teeth for gnawing ...

While walking on gravel in the dark, I was trying not to make any noise. I could kind of see where I was going, but when you are carrying heavy and expensive camera gear, you always want to be ...

Sonar technology is being used for the first time in Scotland to detect the underwater entrances of beaver burrows. Beavers' homes can often create problems for landowners when the tunnels cause ...

Logs and twigs are stored underwater to provide food supplies during winter. Beavers are primarily crepuscular animals, meaning they are most active at dawn and dusk. They are rarely seen during ...