Growing up, in northeast Ohio in the early 1970s, trapping was a huge part of what my father and I did every Fall. And while we didn’t specifically target muskrats, they were our bread and butter. Why ...

MARYLAND - The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has announced the one-week extension of the muskrat trapping season in some Maryland counties including all on the Eastern Shore.

The number of muskrats trapped for their fur in Minnesota dropped last year to about 19,000, the lowest on record. Biologists say a number of factors are at play in that drop, including fewer trappers ...

VENTURA — The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is extending the muskrat trapping season on Ventura Marsh from Feb. 1 to April 1 to reduce the muskrat population and preserve the beneficial ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...