Beavers build dams to ensure water is deep enough for an underwater entrance, protecting them from predators. The internal chamber of a lodge can stay around freezing temperature even on sub-zero days ...

The iconic Beaver Village Lodge was demolished last week June 11. For 85 years, the building, with its distinctive A-Frame, has marked the east entrance of Winter Park, signaling to visitors and ...

This time of year, it’s hard to beat having a good meal inside a warm, rustic lodge with a waterfront view. Just ask a beaver. Beaver lodges aren’t just by the water, they’re below and above it. When ...

Just about everyone has heard of the American beaver. A humongous rodent, the American beaver (Castor canadensis) cuts down trees and dams up streams. The furry brown creature, often represented by ...

The conical shape of a beaver lodge makes it easy to see from a distance. What isn’t easy to see is the important activity happening under the water. Credit: PHOTO BY BILL DANIELSON The American ...

As you bundle up for the cold weather, consider the American beaver, whose pelts once provided one of the best ways to stay dry and well insulated in the winter. That insulated fur helps beavers, ...

IT’S A PRETTY SWEET neighborhood by any definition. Madison Park, located just east of Montlake and south of the University District on Lake Washington, has a picture-book quality to it, like an ...

When Cyrus Harris first saw a beaver during a camping trip in the tundra territory in the far northwest of Alaska in 1988, the discovery created a stir in his hometown of Kotzebue. “That made big news ...

Becky Cushing Gop is an award-winning environmental educator and director of Mass Audubon West, encompassing 18 wildlife sanctuaries, conservation partnerships, and widespread community and school ...

Bennet Goldstein: Water cooler conversations rarely get as quirky as strategizing the best ways to obtain photographs of cute, occasionally destructive rodents. But for nearly a month it was all I ...