Smithsonian researcher Maya Rayle is studying whether artificial beaver dams can revive the stream valleys of the Great Plains Maya Rayle A first-person account from Maya Rayle, an ecologist with the ...

One warm morning in the summer of 2025, the Beaver Brigade marched into Bernheim Forest. This woodland spans more than 16,000 acres (6,475 hectares) in north-central Kentucky. Every other month, ...

Beavers are 50-lb. vegetarian rodents that dam streams to create ponds in which to raise their families. Felt made from their hair was once so popular for waterproof top hats that they were trapped to ...

Rocky Mountain National Park’s Kawuneeche Valley has lost much of the tall willow growth and beaver ponds that once defined its wetlands. The National Park Service describes the change as a rapid ...

For decades, beavers were often seen as troublesome engineers whose dams flooded roads, farmland and residential areas. However, in Washington State, these same engineering skills are now being ...