The future of ecological harmony could lie in North America’s largest rodent — if we can learn to coexist with this vital yet challenging species, according to environmental journalist Ben Goldfarb.

Beavers returning to rivers across North America and Europe are doing far more than building dams. A growing body of peer-reviewed research shows that reintroduced beaver populations physically ...

This station is about a species that you probably won’t see from the Waldbauer trail, and yet you see its effects everywhere you look in the Adirondacks. The North American beaver (Castor canadensis) ...

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The long history between westerners and beavers has often been one of conflict — beginning with trapping during the North American fur trade in the 1500s, which nearly wiped out the species by the ...