A train derailment in rural Maine that spilled hundreds of gallons of fuel and hospitalized three workers was attributable to a beaver dam, state officials said.

When beavers dam a stream, wetlands and ponds result that provide food and shelter for many other species. Dams also slow and ...

A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has revealed that wildlife collectively expend a ...

A large beaver spotted in Bubbly Creek on the southwest branch of the Chicago River has sparked a citywide naming effort ...

Bringing the Eurasian beaver back has been another ambition of Rewilding Britain. “Through the building of dams, the digging ...

Beavers, through their assiduous dam building, can recharge groundwater and provide habitat for fish and wildlife. In the ...

It's full service, beavers are absolutely fantastic and when they are in an area where they can't cause damage, they do a ...

Maine environmental officials pinned a 2023 train derailment on a beaver dam in a commission meeting Wednesday.

Eurasian beavers were once hunted to near extinction but have seen a resurgence in recent decades across the continent, ...

Last June, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which operates a series of dams in Oregon's Willamette River Basin, missed a deadline set by Congress to produce a report on how the dams are affecting ...

In this week's issue of our environmental newsletter, we check out the changes that urban beavers have brought to a ...

Ecosystem engineers are plants or animals that create, modify or maintain habitats. As Joshua Larsen, an associate professor at the University of Birmingham, explains, beavers are a perfect example of ...