In his speech for the College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources (CAHNR) this past spring, keynote speaker Rodney Butler '99 (BUS), Chairman of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, told an ...

With their surgical nibbles, these large, semi-aquatic, buck-toothed rodents have emerged as crucial helpers for ecologists restoring degraded wetlands across the Great Lakes. They are not the ...

I was out visiting Shoals Marine Lab on Appledore Island this past week. This was a very nostalgic experience for me as I had spent five weeks at the lab as a field marine science student over 40 ...

Wetlands in the Great Lakes face untold pressures from development to dumping and pollution. But growing research finds the native muskrat could be a solution to the nonnative plants invading the ...

Question: We live on a small lake, and this spring several sections of shoreline collapsed. We found tunnels extending from the bank into the water. Were these caused by muskrats or beavers? Answer: ...

While driving past a marshy area or shoveling the surface of a pond for hockey or skating, you’ll likely see the rounded domes of muskrat homes. They dot the frozen surface like tiny islands and ...

(FOX 2) - Muskrats are semiaquatic mammals native to North America. But even researchers that study their influence on habitats in the Great Lakes admit they are not the most beloved animal. "People ...

With their surgical nibbles, these large, semi-aquatic, buck-toothed rodents have emerged as crucial helpers for ecologists restoring degraded wetlands across the Great Lakes. They are not the ...