They help conserve water and improve biodiversity. But a preliminary study by CU Boulder researchers suggests that beaver activities in the Western U.S. may exacerbate the spread of mercury-containing ...

March 26, 2024 The water swelling out of a beaver pond is just the beginning. Beaver ponds slow rivers and streams, storing an average of three times the water that’s visible by creating what ...

But with streams and rivers heating up or evaporating and wildfires blazing across the state, California is willing to reconsider the beaver’s role in the water cycle. The Department of Fish and ...

A bill aimed at protecting beavers on more than 100,000 miles of Oregon's waterways passed the state Legislature on June 16.

Gradually, signs began to appear that the Spanish beaver (Castor fibre) was progressively inching closer to Portugal.