Such exclamations are often heard at Huntley Meadows Park in Alexandria, where both of these semi-aquatic rodents live. Even adults confuse the two, because beavers and muskrats are easiest to ...

This time of year, I often see a muskrat gracefully swimming along the surface of our pond with a mouth full of greens. At a certain location, the animal dives down and enters its bank den with a ...

Late winter on the marshes of Maryland's Eastern Shore is a soggy affair. Fog hides the stands of loblolly pines—practically the only green things growing at this time of year—and in the rain even the ...

This furry little guy is a muskrat. The semi-aquatic animal, classified as a rodent, is found all throughout North America and lives by rivers — like the Delaware — and marshes or lakes. They can grow ...

Mike Walker stepped out of his canoe and onto the banks of Pitts Creek. He swayed as thick mud nearly swallowed his boots whole. Unfazed, he trudged toward firmer ground near the edge of the Virginia ...

Muskrat populations have been declining for more than half a century across North America. In Pennsylvania, the number of muskrats harvested each year has dropped from 720,000 in 1983 to 24,792 in ...

MUSKEGON, MI - Muskrat Fierce Frank saw his shadow Tuesday - and the crowd rejoiced for eight more weeks of summer. The fierce-looking taxidermy muskrat is here to rival Punxsatawney Phil as a new ...