In May 1989, at Kola's Kitchen in Wyandotte, Michigan, muskrat was on the menu. Here's a look behind the scenes and a review.

STEVENSVILLE — Competition was fierce at the Muskrat Leg Eating World Championship Saturday. When Robert Hajir — the Delmarva Wing Eating Contest champ — was named the winner, he touted the giant ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wetlands in the Great Lakes face untold pressures from development to dumping and pollution. But growing research finds the native ...

STEVENSVILLE — The Muskrat Leg Eating World Championship returns to Cult Classic Brewing Company in Stevensville on Valentine’s Day, with festivities beginning at 3 p.m. and the competition kicking ...

On a bike bath that runs alongside Paradise Creek in Moscow, several people stopped to observe a furry brown animal moving effortlessly through the murky, slow-moving water. “It’s a beaver!” one of ...

PEA PATCH ISLAND, Del. -- Shin-deep in the icy muck, Tim Evans reaches a gloved hand into a watery hole and fishes out his treasure: a sodden mass of dark hair and claws, with four tiny, yellow ...

With their surgical nibbles, these large, semi-aquatic, buck-toothed rodents have emerged as crucial helpers for ecologists restoring degraded wetlands across the Great Lakes. They are not the ...

DETROIT — Detroit-area Roman Catholics have one more dining option during Lent than most other followers of the faith. The culinary appeal of that item, however, is up for debate. A long-standing ...

PEA PATCH ISLAND, Del. - Shin-deep in the icy muck, Tim Evans reaches a gloved hand into a watery hole and fishes out his treasure: a sodden mass of dark hair and claws, with four tiny, yellow ...

The common muskrat may be an important ally in our fight against an invasive plant species. In a study published in the journal Freshwater Science, researchers investigated how muskrats disturbed ...