The American mink is a member of the Mustelidae family which includes the otter, weasels, skunks and badger. Adult males grow to about 2 feet long, including the 6 to 10 inch tail, and generally weigh ...

The American Mink, Mustela vison, is a North American member of the Mustelidae family found in Alaska, Canada and most of the United States. They are also raised in fur farms for their lustrous fur, ...

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 ...

The disappearance of the species from their natural habitat is a growing problem, which unfortunately means the need to intensive management, including ex situ conservation and translocations, is also ...

Washington, DC—US Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), chairman of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Oceans and Wildlife, was joined by 20 colleagues today on a letter urging the US Fish ...

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 ...

BILLINGS, Mont. — ZooMontana staff said a difficult goodbye to Ivy, a long-time resident American mink, on Wednesday, Oct. 29, following a rapid decline in her health. Due to age-related complications ...

It was more than five decades ago that the American mink was first released into Yakutia's nature YAKUTSK, November 1. /TASS/. The number of the American mink, earlier released into Yakutia, increased ...

The North American Animal Liberation Press Office says they do not know the identity of the vandals who illegally released 40,000 mink into a populated area, but they definitely see the act as a ...