The first map tracking Connecticut’s increasing beaver population was part of a research project in the University of Connecticut’s Department of Natural Resources and the Environment.

thereby benefiting birds and beaver populations as well. Despite the essential role they play in ecosystems, apex predators can sometimes come into contact with human activities, leading to conflicts.

A beaver dam so huge, it was more than twice the length of the Hoover Dam. Located in Wood Buffalo National Park in Alberta, ...

A niche is the lifestyle of an organism: where it lives and what it eats, but also things such as how it avoids predators or what other species it depends on. The beaver has a specialized niche. It ...