SACRAMENTO — Nature's firefighters might not be what you think. Beavers. They've had a bad reputation. Many call them pests, but they're far from it. They play such an important role in our ecosystem ...

Beavers are doing their part to mitigate climate change. They help ease the effects of drought and wildfires by damming up streams and forming ponds. A MARTÍNEZ, HOST: That's according to the ...

Kristian Foden-Vencil / OPB Sheep Creek, a few miles west of La Grande, feeds the headwaters of the Grande Ronde River. Over the years, the area — nestled in the Wallowa–Whitman National Forest that ...

Q. Whenever the subject of beavers comes up when I'm talking with my neighbors near Aiken, South Carolina, they insist that beavers are pests. I claim they do more environmental good than harm. What ...

Project Beaver worked with the Bureau of Land Management to restore the large rodents to the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument. Volunteers help release beavers into a creek in February 2025. Project ...

Beavers are precious to the Tule River Indian Tribe. They are woven into the California tribe’s stories and appear in ancient pictographs painted by ancestors on the walls of a rock shelter in the ...

After nearly 100 years of gaining protected status, beavers have made the ultimate comeback in Connecticut after being on the brink of extinction. Now a new University of Connecticut project is ...

A group of beavers reintroduced into their historic Sierra Nevada habitat last year are thriving, reproducing and working fast to strengthen their new homes against droughts and wildfires, state ...

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (KDVR) — An Englewood park has seen a handful of trees fall down in recent months, thanks to multiple beavers who have moved into the area. Residents are concerned they may lose more ...