The beaver is North America's largest rodent and the world's second largest, after the capybara of South America. As rodents, beavers have continuously growing incisors, so gnawing on trees not ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A local photographer caught a glimpse of a working beaver on Staten Island, gnawing on wood to bring back to its home on Saturday. The rodent was spotted walking along the ...

A beaver in Norway was beset with a gnawing issue when it bit through a tree - and was then crushed to death by it when it fell down. One expert said that beavers normally have a very good ...

Animal control officials in Sterling are asking the public for information after a severed beaver tail was found last week nailed to a tree above a sign that read “Beavers No Gnawing.” ...

But the tree had help falling down and in a letter to the mayor, a safety officer confirmed a particularly large beaver was the behind the outage after gnawing through the base of the tree ...

The beaver may be an unlikely agent of climate change, but the cuddly-looking creatures are transforming the Arctic landscape in a way that could be exacerbating global warming, a new study has ...

A National Park Service spokesman said a beaver has been gnawing at some cherry trees at the Tidal Basin in D.C. (Courtesy Mike Litterst) A pre-Thanksgiving feast has put a dent in one of the priz ...

HAS HAD A SIGN THAT READS NO GNAWING ON IT FOR YEARS. IT’S MEANT TO POKE FUN AT THE BEAVERS LIVING NEARBY. BUT LAST THURSDAY, ANIMAL CONTROL RECEIVED A REPORT OF A BEAVER TAIL NAILED TO IT.

4. A beaver's two front teeth continue to grow throughout their lives. They are kept short by their constant gnawing. 5. A beaver's home is called a lodge. 6. A beaver can stay underwater 15 ...