NELSON COUNTY, N.D. -- The mercury had dipped to 9 below zero overnight, and Nat Bornsen's ATV was reluctant to fire up, even though it had weathered the brunt of the cold inside his shed. Nat Bornsen ...

Every year at the end of November muskrats set out to do something about their annual housing shortage. In the summer they burrow into the banks of streams or ponds but during the northern winter the ...

- The muskrat is about 20 inches long, including its 9-inch tail, and adults weigh 2 to 5 pounds. - Muskrats generally have a reddish-brown upper body with grayish-brown coloration farther down. - ...

Nelson County, N.D. The mercury had dipped to 9 below zero overnight, and Nat Bornsen's all-terrain vehicle was reluctant to fire up, even though it had weathered the brunt of the cold inside his shed ...

It looks like muskrat love." — "Muskrat Love" written by Willis Alan Ramsey, copyright 1971; the song as performed by Captain & Tennille climbed to No. 4 on the pop/rock charts in 1976 Photo galleries ...

Hiking through the snow over the weekend I happened upon a frozen pond, when suddenly a small blunt brown head popped out of a break in the ice near some cattails at the pond’s outfall. The creature ...