The muskrat doesn't get a lot of respect from people. But these pesky mammals are good for at least one thing: they "eat ...

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 ...

CAMBRIDGE, Md. (AP) -- Under a flapping, rusting tin roof, in an aging shed near the marsh, is one of the most curious pieces of machinery in Dorchester County. Almost 100 years old, it is also one of ...

GOLDEN HILL, Md. — Contestant No. 1 sashayed down the catwalk, her hair bouncing in blond curls, and smiled a radiant beauty-queen smile. She picked up a furry dead rodent about the size of a football ...

PORT PENN, Del. -- Bob Krajewski slogged through the icy pond, checking his traps, with the agility expected of someone nicknamed "Muskrat." Before long, he held up a plump prize -- a creature with ...

Late winter on the marshes of Maryland's Eastern Shore is a soggy affair. Fog hides the stands of loblolly pines—practically the only green things growing at this time of year—and in the rain even the ...

This furry little guy is a muskrat. The semi-aquatic animal, classified as a rodent, is found all throughout North America and lives by rivers — like the Delaware — and marshes or lakes. They can grow ...

It’s muskrat love on Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal. The upscale residents of nearby Carroll Gardens have purebred dogs. And now the hipster houseboaters on the waterway have their own pet — a cute, upscale ...