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

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Take a break from online holiday shopping this weekend to enjoy the full moon and a penumbral lunar eclipse. Both events will be visible early Monday morning. Lunar eclipses can only occur during a ...

Better catch this week's supermoon. It will be a while until the next one. November's supermoon made its closest approach on Thursday with the full lunar phase Friday. It rises after the peak of the ...

Better catch this week's supermoon. It will be a while until the next one. This is year’s fourth and final supermoon, and came within about 225,000 miles (361,867 kilometers) of Earth on Thursday. It ...

The value of the North American beaver (Castor canadensis) lies as much in his teeth and his temperament as in his fur. In April, his working season starts. He fells trees with his sharp incisors, ...

The Beaver supermoon is reaching its peak this weekend, converging with other events like a meteor shower and a major lunar standstill — though you may need binoculars or a telescope to see some of ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) -Taking care of “nuisance beavers” in the city of Mobile has become a hot button issue. There’s now a local animal rights group set to speak to the Mobile City Council Tuesday in ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Let other Girl Scouts make bird feeders out of Clorox bottles and glue together little birch-bark canoes -- Troop 34 in Alaska is learning to trap and skin beavers. In a practice ...