(KRON) — A wild American Mink was rescued this week from a North Bay resident’s yard. Sonoma County Animal Services said one ...

Sonoma County animal control got a call about a 'baby otter.' An officer quickly determined it was a different animal in the ...

A tiny wild visitor turned up far from its riverbank home, sending Sonoma County Animal Services officers on an unexpected ...

Traps for invasive American mink are set to try and save endangered water vole in Eden rivers.

An animal control officer in California responded to a report of a "baby otter" in a yard and arrived to find it was actually a wayward baby mink.

The American mink, native to North America, is a semiaquatic mustelid that is often farmed for its fur. Ryzhkov Sergey under CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED Large numbers of American mink—coveted for their fur, ...

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, ...

The American mink Neogale vison is an invasive species in Europe introduced for fur farming in the 1920s and later established in the wild after escapes and illegal releases. As a feral species, it ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...