Joining 46 other states, Minnesota has officially chosen a state fossil—the giant beaver known as Castoroides ohioensis. With ...

The large, extinct creatures roamed the Twin Cities area more than 10,000 years ago and could grow to more than 200 pounds ...

Milk, blueberry muffins, honeycrisp apples, ice hockey, L’etoile du Nord and “Hail! Minnesota.” Each is among 20 state ...

Meridian, Idaho, may get a Buc-ee’s travel center on I-84 with 104 fuel pumps, southern eats, pristine bathrooms and a giant beaver mascot.

Giant beavers known as castoroides, which were the size of humans, died out 10,000 years ago at the end of the last ice age. Why the flat tail: The tail acts as a rudder and helps beavers swim.

A giant beaver skull, right, compared to a modern beaver skull at the State Museum in Albany. A female, left, and male specimen of Labrador ducks at the State Museum in Albany. Only 25 specimens ...