Two species of water-loving mammals were once widespread in North Central Texas and Southwestern Oklahoma but their populations declined after human settlement, habitat modifications and a past demand ...

Farm animals look different from their wild counterparts in many ways, and one difference is consistent: their brains are smaller than those of their ancestors. From sheep to pigs to cows, ...

Aleutian mink disease virus (AMDV) continues to pose significant challenges to both fur production and wildlife conservation. The virus, a member of the Parvoviridae family, has been implicated in ...

ANTIOCH, Calif. (KRON) — An unexpected furry creature showed up at the Antioch Police Department in need of help. An American mink was found behind the police station earlier this month. The mink ...

The European mink, one of the rarest and most endangered mammal species in Europe, will have artificial islands built especially for it in the Danube Delta, built under a project financed through the ...

VAN WERT, Ohio - Vandals at a rural northwest Ohio farm freed thousands of mink from their cages, leaving thousands of the small carnivorous mammals unaccounted for, authorities said. The break-in was ...

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 ...

SALEM, Ore.— Wildlife-advocacy and animal-protection groups sent an urgent letter today calling on Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek and state officials to address mink fur farms’ escalating threats to public ...

The number of mink on the loose in Northumberland County is likely far fewer than initially reported, according to the Pennsylvania Game Commission, after the animals were set free from a fur farm on ...

As Finland continues to grapple with a record-setting avian flu outbreak on at least five mink farms, resulting in the slaughter of tens of thousands of animals, scientists again warn that the H5N1 ...

Bird flu, at this point, is somewhat of a misnomer. The virus, which primarily infects birds, is circulating uncontrolled around much of the world, devastating not just birds but wide swaths of the ...