- The muskrat is about 20 inches long, including its 9-inch tail, and adults weigh 2 to 5 pounds. - Muskrats generally have a reddish-brown upper body with grayish-brown coloration farther down. - ...

Did you know muskrats can hold their breath under water for up to 20 minutes? Dale Gienow from WildNorth has some facts about ...

Groundhogs and muskrats are animals that go by, quite literally, dozens of names each. With all those names, as well as their physical similarities, it’s easy to confuse them with one another. Today, ...

Muskrats, semi-aquatic rodents native to North America, have a long and interesting history on Long Island. Originally found in wetlands and marshes across much of the eastern United States, muskrats ...

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Spring means muskrats are back! University of Wisconsin students and frequent walkers may notice an increase in sightings of furry friends on the Lakeshore Path along Lake Mendota. According to the ...

A detailed look at the preferred food and shelter of muskrats provided through a new University of Alberta study could help an animal that is considered both a beneficial and invasive species.

The muskrat houses, once spotted in multitudes, were missing. That’s what a reader — who recalled seeing the critters’ homes dotting wetlands along the Minnesota River Valley in the past — noticed ...

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 ...

The common muskrat may be an important ally in our fight against an invasive plant species. In a study published in the journal Freshwater Science, researchers investigated how muskrats disturbed ...

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 ...