Beavers (Castor canadensis) are widely recognized as ecosystem engineers, building dams that reshape water flow and alter the ...

As a Pixar movie depicts the benefits of beavers, Wisconsin continues to have an antagonistic relationship with nature’s builders.

A year after the completion of a major environmental restoration project on Whychus Creek — including conversion of cow pasture into a floodplain — beavers are returning to the area, a sign that ...

No larger than 4 feet tall, beavers are nature’s star engineers—restoring landscapes and balancing ecosystems at will. Here are three incredible success stories where they accomplished what humans ...

Beavers and the dams they build promote sediment deposition and modify channel and floodplain morphology and physical complexity. Beaver activities may result in increased watershed-scale water and ...