This time of year, I often see a muskrat gracefully swimming along the surface of our pond with a mouth full of greens. At a certain location, the animal dives down and enters its bank den with a ...

Many residents are often left wondering just creature they see swimming along the Indianapolis canal. And understandably so — they bear a striking resemblance to some of its more well-known relatives.

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Muskrats are common in many of the islands ponds and wetlands. At only two to four pounds they are much smaller than their cousin the beaver which can easily reach 50 pounds. If you see a mammal ...

- The muskrat is about 20 inches long, including its 9-inch tail, and adults weigh 2 to 5 pounds. - Muskrats generally have a reddish-brown upper body with grayish-brown coloration farther down. - ...

This winter has been a bit strange in the northland where I reside. Not much snow, but enough cold temperatures to start freezing the lakes. The small lakes and ponds freeze up tight right away, but ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — In 2013, it was a fish swimming by an office building’s window that made headlines during historic flooding on the Grand River in downtown Grand Rapids. On Sunday, a ...

Such exclamations are often heard at Huntley Meadows Park in Alexandria, where both of these semi-aquatic rodents live. Even adults confuse the two, because beavers and muskrats are easiest to ...

This winter has been a bit strange in the northland where I reside. Not much snow but enough cold temperatures to start freezing the lakes. The small lakes and ponds freeze up tight right away, but ...