In a lot of ways, the history of this rodent — yes, beavers are a member of the rodent family — is interwoven with the ...

Exterminated by hunting, the North American beaver, scientific name Castor canadensis, has not only been forgotten locally; it was long thought to never have existed here at all, according to ...

Meaning “ancient beaver” (Castoridae is the family that includes beavers), the several known species of Palaeocastor most likely looked like a cross between a modern North American beaver and a gopher ...

The North American beaver (Castor canadensis) is one of two beaver species in the world; the other is in Eurasia. It is the largest rodent in North America and it has many remarkable traits. It ...

The North American beaver, an often misunderstood and maligned aquatic rodent, builds dams with mud and sticks, which turns streams into valuable wetland ecosystems. Beaver ponds are necessary ...