beaver

With its short fur and broad, flattened tail, Megacauda sungei would have looked somewhat like a modern otter, beaver, or platypus.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

"If the pair remains together, they could eventually establish their own family group and help strengthen the beaver population across the estate," he added.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

Forestry England's Richard Boles said they initially thought the female beaver had given birth to only one kit, before video footage revealed there were two more.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

Soccer fans visiting a very large gas station for the first time… carry-on BBQ sandwiches & beaver nuggets?

From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026

Constance and the beaver shared a stack of enemy spears.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

Along with pigs and beavers, cats often served as ingredients in human medicaments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

She said she saw more than two dozen dead animals, including raccoons and beavers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

The name is thought to come from the time of year when beavers were particularly active, preparing their lodges and storing food ahead of winter.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

"It's been really interesting to see how the general public have taken to beavers and getting people thinking about seeing them back in our countryside."

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

Roz roamed across the island and checked in with the beavers and the bears and all the friends she’d missed.

From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown

If Musk had quietly beavered away on something that might have helped, that would have been one thing, but that isn’t Musk’s style – he happily admits to his own arrogance.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 17, 2018

For two months, they beavered away at the problem.

From Slate ● Jun. 9, 2014

There were issues of "privacy" and "commercial confidentiality" here apparently, as big hackers beavered away untouched.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 28, 2013

"They have beavered away trying this and trying that and the formulations have changed over the last 50 years, but not radically."

From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2011

"I cut forty-nine, and the boss," he added dryly, not realizing that Roosevelt was within hearing—"the boss he beavered down seventeen."

From Roosevelt in the Bad Lands by Hermann Hagedorn

I didn’t set out to leverage AI, beavering away in the background while I sleep, to set my priorities every morning, and even help me regulate my physical and mental health.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Adam Le Doux, the creator of the game-making software, was working as a programmer at Microsoft while beavering away on creative projects in his spare time.

From The Verge ● Mar. 7, 2022

After the success of Latin Grammy-nominated single Otro Trago, be sure that he’s beavering away on the song of the summer.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 27, 2019

“What I remember is this rivetingly beautiful dark-haired creature beavering away in her cubbyhole,” said Barbara Jakobson, a longtime Museum of Modern Art trustee.

From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2019

"Tain t as bad as beavering," answered Sam.

From Two Little Savages Being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned by Ernest Thompson Seton