Most visitors to Great Smoky Mountains National Park will never encounter a weasel. Yet these small members of a diverse family of stealthy carnivores are here in Southern Appalachia — and are likely ...

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 ...

This taxonomic family (Mustelidae) of carnivores is familiar to Juneau folks in the form of weasels, wolverines, martens, mink, fishers and otters. Mustelids are a species-rich family, with 50 or 60 ...

Weasels are small carnivores with a long body and short legs. They also have a stout skull and sharp teeth. These creatures, ...