In the high country of Colorado, scientists are doing something unusual to manage rivers. Instead of pouring concrete or digging engineered channels, they’re deploying hand-built wooden dams. But ...

Beaver-built wetlands can store carbon in stream sediments up to 10 times faster than unmodified waterways, according to a ...

MINNEAPOLIS — In Minnesota, beavers have long been considered a nuisance, thanks to their uncanny ability to gnaw trees and construct dams that sometimes clog culverts, raise lake levels or flood ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... 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 ...