Modern beaver incisors (front teeth) are sharp and chisel-like; giant beaver incisors were bulkier and curved, and lacked a sharp cutting edge. The species suddenly became extinct 10,000 years ago.

Today's Beavers Are Pretty Special And Here's Why. It’s important to us that you understand how big this beaver was. Just like modern beavers, it was semiaquatic -- it lived both on the land and ...

Yukon News' Hong reports that scientists believe the giant beaver migrated from what is now the continental United States to Canada and Alaska around 100,000 years ago.

It’s official: Minnesota’s state fossil is the giant beaver, an extinct creature the size of a small bear that roamed around the Twin Cities more than 10,000 years ago. Lawmakers had approved ...

The beaver’s closed-at-the nose, partial airway doesn’t seem useful for breathing, Rinaldi said. She and her colleagues speculate that giant beavers whooshed air through it to create sounds.

Castoroides ohioensis, commonly known as the giant beaver, is an extinct, bear-sized animal that roamed North America alongside woolly mammoths and relatives of the saber tooth cat.

Fossilized remains of the giant beaver have been discovered in Minneapolis and Saint Paul, as well as in southern Minnesota. Science Museum of Minnesota It’s official: Minnesota’s state fossil ...