The beaver came out of the water, police said, and bit the man’s shoe. He tried to get the beaver off and punched it in “the head several times.” The beaver’s bite did not break the man ...

Fortunately for cottage-goers, these mega-rodents died out at the end of the last ice age. Now extinct, the giant beaver was once a highly successful species. Scientists have found its fossil ...

Above: Castoroides, by Charles Knight Known as Castoroides, the giant beaver roamed North America for hundreds of thousands of years. It had six-inch teeth, and could grow to be as much as 7 feet ...