The American beaver (Castor canadensis) is a keystone species whose ponds and wetlands help replenish groundwater, serve as buffers against wildfires, and provide habitat for a wide variety of ...

Four ingredients in particular stand out due to their exotic provenance: castoreum is a scented secretion produced by beavers that was imported into the Roman Empire from beyond its borders in ...

A study, led by the University of Southampton (UK), has revealed that brown trout can successfully navigate beaver dams—obstacles which were previously thought to pose a significant barrier to their ...

Human-beaver conflicts surfaced concerning vegetation and tree damage, safety concerns of tripping over stumps of felled trees, blocked road culverts, and flooding, which potentially undermines ...

This is the metadata section. Skip to content viewer section. By the beginning of the twentieth century, hunting and land use change had reduced the European beaver Castor fiber to a relict population ...