A woman in Pennsylvania spotted a rarely seen animal, a wild ermine (also known as a stoat or short-tailed weasel) in a ...

If you’ve ever seen both a ferret and a weasel, you’ll agree that it can be pretty difficult to spot the difference between ...

Longtail weasels in more southerly regions don’t turn white in winter, and the ones in the transition zone turn only ...

The long-tailed weasel kills by leaping or pouncing on an animal, severing major blood vessels in the region of the throat or the spinal column at the base of the skull with a series of quick bites.

This animal's long slender body, like that of a weasel, enables it to crawl in and out of the holes and dwellings of its primary prey—the prairie dog. Though black-footed ferrets sometimes eat ...

Their heart rate drops and they go into a deep sleep, a bit like animals in hibernation do. This is one reason why so many orphaned weasel kits are found still alive. Twiz before her eyes had opened.

"So the weasels are pretty reclusive ... the Game Commission urges people not to handle them. "And like any wild animal, they're going to try to get away from you. if you try to touch them ...

Animals hunted in tunnels below the ground, mostly rodents, are more frequently suffocated with a bite to the throat. These weasels have an usually high metabolic rate and need to eat a significant ...