ALBANY, N.Y. _ A small, brownish weasel that spends much of its life in the water, hunting for fish and frogs, the American mink is a signal for the ecological health of where it lives. Right now, the ...

A major invasive species project is appealing for volunteers to help protect native wildlife by controlling populations of ...

Poisonous plants and carnivorous mammals are taking over protected nature spots as conservationists warn they are not being given enough funding to keep them at bay. New mapping of Sites of Scientific ...

Two species of water-loving mammals were once widespread in North Central Texas and Southwestern Oklahoma but their populations declined after human settlement, habitat modifications and a past demand ...

When people picture a mink, they often jump straight to fur — big, elaborate coats like Cruella de Vil’s in Disney’s animated 101 Dalmatians. They’re not wrong: the fur trade helped shape early Oregon ...

It has an incredibly varied diet, is an excellent cage breaker, and is now present in the UK in such high numbers that it’s begun to threaten the European mink. Observation Deck has the full story of ...

It was the middle of July and I was spending yet another morning in my beloved Thinking Chair. I had just returned from my trip to Cape Cod, where I had secured enough photos to give me columns until ...