A beaver-built pond inside Gettysburg National Military Park is drawing attention and concern from conservationists who say ...

Reports that federal officials are pushing for the removal of a beaver pond on the Gettysburg battlefield has reignited years ...

Beavers are known as ecosystem engineers, capable of transforming entire river systems through their dam-building behavior. By cutting trees and building dams, they slow down water flow and create ...

Across the Rockies and Great Plains, beaver dams interrupt narrow streams, slowing currents into chains of ponds that reshape channels and spread wetlands across valleys. The mud-and-stick barriers ...

Historic dams can sometimes have beneficial impacts on surrounding wildlife, plants, and waterways, as with the dam that created Ames Pond in Shutesbury that sustains a rare natural bog ecosystem. / ...