After talking about two birds that are generally unmistakable, I wanted to switch gears this week and take a closer look at a mammal that seems to lead to more annual misidentifications than any other ...

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 ...

VAN WERT, Ohio (WCMH) — Police are on the hunt in Van Wert County for thousands of weaselly fugitives — minks that escaped from their cages at a mink farm. Between 25,000 and 40,000 minks are on the ...

Of Ohio’s 54 extant native mammal species, perhaps none eclipse the Mustelidae family in charisma and interesting behavior. This group includes the badger, river otter, three species of weasels, and ...

Editor’s note: The following column was originally published in the New Hampshire Union Leader on Dec. 11, 1999. IN OUR NATURE TALKS of Nov. 6, we quoted from a Plymouth reader who described ...

Based on the frequency of garbage-can diving and attic prowling, citizens of the suburbs might conclude Ohio holds more than enough raccoons. Other furry critters not so much. Opossums and skunks ...

DAYTON — Tens of thousands of weasel-like creatures are on the loose about a hundred miles north of Dayton. The Van Wert County Sheriff’s Office said someone broke into a mink farm overnight and ...

Thousands of minks were set loose in a Pennsylvania county over the weekend, prompting a warning from a local animal hospital to avoid the animals. "Over the weekend an unknown number of mink got out ...