If you wanted to flaunt your wealth today, you might carry a Gucci bag and strut around in a pair of Louboutins, or simply opt for finer clothing made of cashmere and silk. But if you were a rich ...

A new wetsuit material from MIT traps pockets of air in a fur-like pelt, keeping the wearer warm in the water. It works just like a beaver’s fur coat, which was the rubbery material’s inspiration. The ...

Beaver fur was a symbol of wealth and an important trade item in 10th Century Denmark, according to a new study. Beaver fur was a symbol of wealth and an important trade item in 10th Century Denmark, ...

A study has found that high-ranking Danish Vikings wore beaver furs to show their social status, in a similar way to how designer clothes are used today. Researchers at the University of Copenhagen ...

The 1830s were fraught times for hatters everywhere. Fashionable men clung to the beaver hat for centuries, but in the early 1800s that fashion was threatened by over-hunting the chubby rodents.

Pete Jonas worked bare-handed in the water on a day when ice skimmed the puddles and most people shivered in winter coats. A beaver trapper since age 12, Jonas knows how to keep scent from washing ...