Dec. 11 (UPI) --A Maine woman said an animal initially believed to be a rat and later thought to be an escaped ferret was eventually discovered to be a weasel in her ceiling. Kassondra Dale said she ...

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My encounters with urban wildlife just keep coming. No sooner had I “herded” the hummingbird out of my upstairs bedroom for the second time last week, than a fat red-breasted robin flew through the ...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. -- Feeding peanut butter kibbles to millions of prairie dogs -- by flinging the treats from four-wheelers and dropping them from drones -- could be the next big thing to help a little ...

Ferrets have long weaseled their way into many people's hearts. To the surprise of some, the small fury animals were domesticated centuries ago, and they can be great pets for people who live in small ...

This taxonomic family (Mustelidae) of carnivores is familiar to Juneau folks in the form of weasels, wolverines, martens, mink, fishers and otters. Mustelids are a species-rich family, with 50 or 60 ...

At the United Nations biodiversity conference that opens in Montreal on Dec. 7, 2022, nations aim to create a new global framework for transforming humanity’s relationship with nature. The conference ...

California's ferret owners are tired of being criminals. They live in the only U.S. state besides Hawaii that bans residents from keeping ferrets as pets, forcing an untold number of Californians to ...

My encounters with urban wildlife just keep coming. No sooner had I “herded” the hummingbird out of my upstairs bedroom for the second time last week, than a fat red-breasted robin flew through the ...