An adult long-tailed weasel tops out at eight inches long and weighs a svelte five ounces ... they are quite aggressive hunters and are capable of taking down prey several times larger than themselves ...

The hunting method is typical of many mustelids, with an individual coursing over large areas, exploring every nook and canny. The long-tailed weasel kills by leaping or pouncing on an animal, ...

Nimble, elegant and lithe, the common weasel is this country’s, and the world's, smallest carnivore. The male of the species is usually around 11 inches long, but so streamlined that it can squeeze ...

Wild weasel kits are remarkable among young mammals in that they possess the ability to drop into a torpid state when their parent is out hunting. Their heart rate drops and they go into a deep ...

erminea weasel species found in Eurasia and North ... Catching an ermine surrounded a complex hunting mission that could take days and required travel, bumping up the cost of the animal.