Although they play an important role in native ecosystems, muskrats can cause significant damage with their foraging and ...

Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, describe how muskrats engineer more biologically diverse marsh ecosystems. The researchers study cattail-dominated marshes and strategies to create more varied, or ...

Muskrats are a bellwether for a drying delta Date: July 2, 2021 Source: Stanford University Summary: Downstream of hydroelectric dams and Alberta's oil sands, one of the world's largest freshwater ...

Muskrats like quiet water: streams, ponds, lakes and marshes. They build bank dens (burrows) along the edges of streams, ponds, and lakes, but in marshes build conical lodges out of cattails and ...

Muskrats are present in most parts of the United States and Canada. They are more active at night. While they do not hibernate, they do build houses shaped like miniature beaver lodges up to ...

The muskrats are making preparations; but not they alone. The preparation for hard weather is to be seen everywhere, and it has been going on ever since the first flocking of the swallows back in ...

A biologist researching muskrats in the Mackenzie Delta says there's been a decline in muskrat populations in the area for over a decade, and locals want answers.

Muskrats for Food. Share full article. March 15, 1896. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from March 15, 1896, Page 16 Buy Reprints. View on timesmachine.