Mink might look cute in photos, but they aren't very nice. They are fast, clever and deadly predators, taking down critters bigger than themselves — ...

A zoonosis (plural zoonoses) is a disease or infection transmitted from vertebrate animals to people, and vice versa. The pathogens involved can be bacteria, viruses or parasites. These diseases are ...

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 ...

JESSUP — As the temperature hovered in the single digits and snow flurries fell Sunday morning, Jessup Giuseppe predicted an early spring, much to the delight of hundreds of people huddled around ...

The official 2026 Winter Olympic mascots have people a little confused. People are guessing that the mascots are foxes, or maybe cats, but they are stoats. They are named Milo and Tina, after the 2026 ...

Tina and Milo — the sibling mascots representing the 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, respectively — have been bouncing around Milan and Cortina, chopping it up with Snoop Dogg and cheering ...

If you're in the market for a ferret, a local nonprofit wants to introduce you to a couple noodle cats. Furever Ferrets Sanctuary has 35 ferrets in its care, and they hope to find good homes for all ...

A sharp, musky scent rushes over me as I step out of the taxi outside Mr. Wang’s house near Tong’erpu, in China’s northeastern Liaoning province. It’s one of the country’s largest fur-trading centers.