Beavers are often relocated because they are beneficial to stream reconstruction and can even help salmon populations by damming rivers. Their dams slow downstream flow and can increase habitats for ...

Living with beavers can either be a joy to behold or an enormous pain in the posterior. Peaceful vegetarians with a strong family structure, beavers are best known as nature’s engineers. No other ...

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with environmental journalist Leila Philip about her new book, Beaverland: How One Weird Rodent Made America. In the next few minutes, we're going to tell you about an ...

“Beavers are what scientists call a keystone species, an animal that’s disproportionately supporting lots of weight in their ecosystems,” he said. “In the American West, wetlands cover about 2% of ...

Shane links up with journalist Ben Goldfarb and suits up with beaver expert Skip Lisle to uncover how beavers reshaped the American landscape — and what we lost when they vanished. From centuries of ...

On 31 October 2008, 15 beavers were released into the wild at the OEMN project site in Tiszatarján, eastern Hungary. The event marked the final chapter of a long-standing cooperation between ...