There are many animals in the weasel family, including polecats, ermines, stoats, and ferrets. Most well known among the weasel family of creatures is the ferret. Ferrets are a popular household pet ...

For the record, this is a story that I’ve been sitting on for months. So much was happening this summer that things started to pile up in my “To Do” list and I made the decision to set this one aside ...

A fossil found in Spain has doubled the known evolutionary history of the weasel family, pushing their origins back to 6.5 million years ago. The newly identified species, Galanthis baskini, was about ...