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 ...

In the open grasslands of South Dakota, not far from the dramatic rock formations of Badlands National Park, lives one of the ...

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.

This animal's long slender body, like that of a weasel, enables it to crawl in and ... the black-footed ferret was nearly wiped out. In 1987, 18 animals were captured in the wild to begin a ...