Joining 46 other states, Minnesota has officially chosen a state fossil—the giant beaver known as Castoroides ohioensis. With the help of State Rep. Andrew Myers (R-Tonka Bay), State Se. Steve ...

Dinosaur egg and beaver skull placed for CT scans.New York State Museum Paleontologists have carried out CT scans of a dinosaur egg and the skull of a Giant Beaver to decode ancient secrets. The New ...

A mounted juvenile giant beaver (Castoroides ohioensis) skeleton from St. Paul is on display in the Science Museum of Minnesota. Photo courtesy of the Science Museum of Minnesota The giant beaver is ...

From left: Holly Menninger, executive director of the Bell Museum; state Sen. Steve Cwodzinski, DFL-Eden Prairie; and Alex Hastings, Fitzpatrick Chair of Paleontology at the Science Museum of ...

In April, water is everywhere, mostly liquid despite Mother Nature’s wry attempts to turn it back to ice. I just finished a book about a connoisseur of water, a creature so adapted to it that it can ...

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Alex Hastings, right, the Fitzpatrick Chair of Paleontology at the Science Museum of Minnesota, testified March 13 in support of H.F. 791. Rep. Andrew Myers, left, is sponsoring the bill to designate ...

A bill before lawmakers would name the Castoroides Ohioensis, also known as the giant beaver, as Minnesota’s official state fossil. The giant beaver became extinct around 10,000 years ago, but once ...

Oregon wildlife officials are conducting a new statewide survey of beavers and their habitat, part of a plan to protect and recover the animals. The plan’s success largely depends on whether the state ...

The giant beaver, castoroides, was an enormous rodent which also lived in North America during the Pleistocene and became extinct about 10,000 years ago. Recovered skulls suggest it could swim ...

Giant Beavers, or Castoroides as they’re called in Ark: Survival Ascended, build dams on or near shallow bodies of water. These Beaver Dams are a great source of several essential crafting materials.