The animal symbol of the Beaver is the second spirit totem in the wheel of life of Amerindian shamans. 🦫 It corresponds to the middle of Spring and to our western astrological sign of Taurus, ...

The Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center has a new addition: a baby beaver kit, making three kits in its care this year.

Last month, the staff at Loudoun County Animal Services in Virginia discovered a young beaver in an open field, far from her natural habitat. When they approached the beaver, they noticed that she was ...

Thanks to their impressive building skills, beavers are a keystone species—an animal whose activities support its entire ...

A new exhibit at Logan’s Zootah will give rescued beavers a safe place to stay and let visitors learn more about them.

Creatures both big and small lead lives that are endlessly fascinating to us, which is probably why nature documentaries are ...

The American beaver (Castor canadensis) is a keystone species whose ponds and wetlands help replenish groundwater, serve as buffers against wildfires, and provide habitat for a wide variety of ...

Scott Brook Preserve has adapted trails to navigate around four dams built by these natural engineers. It's also a great spot ...

Three years ago, the Interior Department began to trap beavers, turn them loose in eroded Idaho areas. By the end of last season, some 500 beavers were busily damming streams under Government ...

BIG BEAVER DAM IN MAINE.; The Animals Build a Structure 250 Feet Long, Creating an Artificial Lake.

A legal battle is underway over whether a 2-year-old "diva" beaver should be released into the wild or allowed to stay with rescuers who have cared for her since she was a baby.

Beavers, by no surprise, is Oregon's state animal and has long-standing association with the state, stemming from the fur trade and the fact that Oregon is known as "The Beaver State." ...