Weasels belong to the Mustelidae Family, and there are six members of this family living here in NYS. Photo courtesy of Wikipedia.org Weasels belong to the Mustelidae Family, and there are six members ...

Right after a little (belated) snowfall in early December, I chanced to be prowling around some ponds in the Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area. Mink feet had been there before me, leaving crisply ...

After talking about two birds that are generally unmistakable, I wanted to switch gears this week and take a closer look at a mammal that seems to lead to more annual misidentifications than any other ...

WEBVTT RON: NEWS 8'S JACK HUBLEY HELPS US SORT OUT THOSE FURRY PREDATORS IN TODAY'S WILD MOMENT REPORTER: THE WEASEL FAMILY. IT'S A BIG ONE, WITH 5 SPECIES HERE IN PENNSYLVANIA. MOST MEMBERS OF THE ...

Editor’s note: The following column was originally published in the New Hampshire Union Leader on Dec. 11, 1999. IN OUR NATURE TALKS of Nov. 6, we quoted from a Plymouth reader who described ...

A sleek thing more shadow than animal loped along the riverbank right at the water’s edge. An undisciplined eye could have looked at it dismissively assuming it was a squirrel, maybe some kind of ...

Looking for a free mini puzzle? Play the USA TODAY Quick Cross now. The Mustelidae (Latin for weasel) family of predatory mammals numbers among its present residents in Western North Carolina weasels, ...

Fishers are continuing their comeback in Ohio, with one spotted near this Ohio city for the first time in nearly 200 years.