The muskrat, an adorable furry rodent, was first spotted by Adam Katzman, a resident of a houseboat docked at First and Bond streets. The animal was building a nest with weed remnants of a ...

Despite webbed hind feet and a tail like a rudder, the rodent often falls prey to herons, foxes and snapping turtles; whole muskrat traps are sometimes found inside the nests of bald eagles ...

(No, not by the muskrats -- children do the running, fetching a dead muskrat from a nest and scampering to the finish line.) In 2003, Tiffany Brittingham became the first Miss Outdoors contestant ...

Apparently, muskrat dinners in Michigan seems to appeal ... Inside the lodge is a nest chamber where they are safe from predators other than mink and an occasional snapping turtle.

The world seems to be conspiring to make Delawareans stop eating muskrat. Just look at all the reasons not to. Peak season runs from January to March—just the time of year when wading around in a ...