Paleontologists working in the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument have reported discovering a prehistoric beaver species that could be a distant ancestor of the mammal we know today.

Researchers at the University of Texas rediscovered a large, prehistoric species of beaver and named it after the gas station chain Buc-ee’s ...

Our new mammal, called Kimbetopsalis simmonsae, would have looked like a prehistoric version of a beaver. It was a couple of feet long, weighed 10-40 kilograms, and had buck-toothed incisors at ...

After finding buck-toothed fossils in the New Mexico badlands, researchers suggest a beaver-like species likely thrived after an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago.

1. Oregon was once home to a tiny prehistoric beaver. It weighed 1 to 2 pounds, and you could have held it in your hands. 2. There was also an enormous prehistoric beaver. It was as much as 8 feet ...

Researchers with the University of Texas rediscovered a large, toothy prehistoric species of beaver that once roamed the Lone Star state and decided to name it after one of Texas’ most beloved ...