This time of year, I often see a muskrat gracefully swimming along the surface of our pond with a mouth full of greens. At a certain location, the animal dives down and enters its bank den with a ...

We were touring the neighborhood backroads one summer evening when the kids noticed a sleek movement through a small pond. At first, we thought it was a beaver, but its smaller size and — once we got ...

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This winter has been a bit strange in the northland where I reside. Not much snow, but enough cold temperatures to start freezing the lakes. The small lakes and ponds freeze up tight right away, but ...

Can you close your lips behind your teeth? No, you can't. Because you're not a muskrat. Bet you can't close your ears when you dive underwater either. There's a lot more to the magnificent muskrat ...

Living in the woods with a creek meandering through the yard, I see abundant wildlife. Over the years I have benefited from supervisory assistance from my local aquatic mammals such as beaver and ...

In the pond behind my barn lives a muskrat that knows how to use a weed trimmer. It moved in last spring and promptly trimmed the grass and weeds on the banks. Newly seeded orchard grass and clover, ...