High in the mountains west of Fort Collins, teams of scientists and engineers are pretending to be beavers. They may not be swimming or chewing trees, but researchers with the U.S. Forest Service and ...

Beaver-built dams create wetlands that trap and store carbon, making these landscapes powerful natural climate solutions. New research shows that beaver ecosystems can sequester significantly more ...

When most people think of beavers, they picture animals chewing through trees or building dams across streams. But recent research shows that these animals are doing something far more important: ...

On a warm spring day, mud-splattered volunteers mimicked beavers as they stacked coyote brush and soil into a dam with the goal of catching more water in San Luis Obispo’s Walters Creek. Water only ...

Beavers are widespread in estuaries and tidal wetlands in the Pacific Northwest of the United States, demonstrating that they ...

As a warming climate alters the Arctic landscape, beavers are moving northward, building dams as they go, creating new ponds, ...

Researchers and conservationists alike recognize that beavers (Castor canadensis) are vital ecosystem engineers who can help us navigate the challenges of climate change. As keystone species, beavers ...