A muskrat can increase its body temperature, by over 2 degrees Fahrenheit, before diving into icy water. Its bare tail can be used to help regulate the animal's temperature.

The muskrat population in Canada’s Peace-Athabasca Delta has decreased alongside the drying of its habitat, research has shown. This semiaquatic rodent relies on ephemeral water bodies but the extent ...

Muskrats loving duckweed, a "Trash Panda" raccoon in Palos, the new head of the Illinois Natural History Survey, doubling on ...

Yes, people eat muskrat, but they are more popularly known for their felt-like fur. The going rate for a muskrat pelt is about $9. A century ago, a muskrat-trapper could get 25-28 cents per pelt.

The large muskrat bursts through a narrow fishing hole in New London, Wisconsin, after being caught on a fishing line by Northern Michigan University student Nicholas James Yohr, 21.

DIY muskrat removal methods include reducing plants that are attractants, applying scent repellents, installing electronic repellents, fencing your property, installing a pond liner, filling ...

Muskrat lunch was also available in the school cafeteria. Abigail Tucker Late winter on the marshes of Maryland's Eastern Shore is a soggy affair. Fog hides the stands of loblolly pines ...

RIVERVIEW, Mich. (CNS) -- There's an alternative to fish for some Michigan Catholics abstaining from meat on Fridays in Lent -- muskrat. The custom of eating muskrat on Ash Wednesday and Fridays ...

- Guy Holburn Muskrat Falls was sanctioned at a construction cost of $6.2 billion, with first power scheduled for 2017. This is a recent aerial view of the Muskrat Falls project in central Labrador.

It’s muskrat love on Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal. The upscale residents of nearby Carroll Gardens have purebred dogs. And now the hipster houseboaters on the waterway have their own pet &#… ...