A previously unknown muskrat-sized mammal species that once ... dubbed "Heleocola piceanus," likely lived in the forests of the river delta that existed in northeast Utah and northwest Colorado ...

A Soviet zoologist with a passion for long-extinct mammals set out to reinvigorate the landscape of the Caucasus in the 20th ...

With the demise of the wolverine (Gulo luscus Linnaeus) in the Adirondacks in the late 1700’s or early 1800’s, the river otter became the region’s largest member of the weasel family. Adults weigh 5.4 ...

Muskrat population response to managed water level regimes continues to be monitoring using winter house counts as an estimate of density. This is a photo of French Creek, an unmanaged tributary that ...

At River Raisin National Battlefield Park, a site in southeast Michigan that commemorates a crushing U.S. defeat during the War of 1812, visitors may spot a human-size muskrat — and perhaps even ...

A column by Winona LaDuke, an Ojibwe writer and economist on Minnesota’s White Earth Reservation. She also is co-curator of ...

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is reminding everyone that hunting and trapping seasons open in our state in ...

Since the 1960s, rail trails in America have been serving commuters and recreationists alike, and you can find the best ...

If you'd like to take a cruise but aren't interested in the hustle and bustle of a massive ocean liner, consider a river cruise. River cruises offer the chance to visit lesser-known ports around ...

This is the hilarious moment two women try to figure out if a woodland creature near them is a muskrat or a beaver, and are promptly chased away by the muskrat.