But when it comes to a fan-favorite travel center with an iconic friendly beaver, Idaho might soon be close behind. Records ...

Minnesota’s state fossil is the giant beaver, an extinct creature the size of a small bear that roamed around the Twin Cities more than 10,000 years ago. Lawmakers had approved the new state fossil ...

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

A giant beaver skull, right, compared to a modern beaver skull at the State Museum in Albany. A female, left, and male specimen of Labrador ducks at the State Museum in Albany. Only 25 specimens ...

A GIANT bear which has been extinct for 11,000 years and a 5ft tall beaver could be resurrected by scientists that has been busy trying to bring back the Dodo. De-extinction experts have compiled a… ...

Giant beavers known as castoroides, which were the size of humans, died out 10,000 years ago at the end of the last ice age. Why the flat tail: The tail acts as a rudder and helps beavers swim.