CHICAGO (WGN) — From Chance the Snapper to piping plovers Monty and Rose, Chicagoans love to name animals. But a new furry friend captivating the city online is without one. Environmental nonprofit ...

Their dams cause floods, and that gets them in trouble with humans. But in the right place, more water can be a big help.

Clad in waders and staff in hand, Conrad Ely trudged through the icy Carlson Creek, a stream meandering under mossy Douglas firs and cedar in a remote section of Tillamook State Forest. Ely, a state ...

Is This Beaver Just Happy? To answer this, we must first find out if beavers feel emotions. Strong evidence shows they feel stress and sadness, specifically toward other family members. Their familial ...

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 ...

Beavers and the dams they build are not always embraced in the areas where they do their work. But there's a growing recognition that they also are building a kind of natural infrastructure that helps ...

For the first time in 200 years it’s great to be a beaver in California. In a show of unanimous bipartisan support, the state Legislature voted this summer to pass Assembly Bill 2196, which codifies ...

Before we had streaming menus longer than our to-do lists or the option to watch an entire season of a TV show in one bleary-eyed weekend, families had a much simpler ritual: plopping down in front of ...