A recent break-in at an Iron Range tire shop had grown men screaming and jumping on desks. What was first believed to be a giant rat by employees returning to work after a weekend turned out to be a ...

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 ...

The number of muskrats trapped for their fur in Minnesota dropped last year to about 19,000, the lowest on record. Biologists say a number of factors are at play in that drop, including fewer trappers ...

This time of year, I often see a muskrat gracefully swimming along the surface of our pond with a mouth full of greens. At a certain location, the animal dives down and enters its bank den with a ...

Hurry or you'll miss it. The season for trapping muskrats in New Castle County ends on Sunday, March 10; it's over in Kent and Sussex counties on Friday, March 15. But, the eating of the muskrat or ...