Your ferret's seemingly silly sideways hops and frenetic tunneling are echoes of a wild predator still lurking beneath the ...

Scientists from the Canary Islands have compiled data on wild ferrets in La Palma and the damage they cause in the ecosystem, to confirm that the island is the one with the highest number of ...

A nocturnal species of weasel with a robber-mask-like marking across its eyes has returned to the remote ranchlands of western Wyoming where the critter almost went extinct more than 30 years ago.

At first glance, a weasel and a ferret can seem almost interchangeable. Both have long, flexible bodies, short legs, pointed ...

Black-footed ferrets (Mustela nigripes), North America’s most endangered mammal species, are recovering in their native Wyoming, reports a study published in the current issue of the journal Science.

MEETEETSE, Wyo. — A nocturnal species of weasel with a robber-mask-like marking across its eyes has returned to the remote ranchlands of western Wyoming where the critter almost went extinct more than ...

MEETEETSE, Wyo. (AP) — A nocturnal species of weasel with a robber-mask-like marking across its eyes has returned to the remote ranchlands of western Wyoming where the critter almost went extinct more ...

FILE - This Oct. 1, 2014, file photo shows a black-footed ferret peeking out of a tube after being brought to a ranch near Williams, Ariz. The endangered weasel is returning to an area of western ...