Of the eight documented varieties of weasel in Colorado, only two are actually called weasels. Both can be found locally and if you’re lucky enough to spot one, your first reaction is likely to be ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. I was thrilled when I found the tracks coming and going from my garage last ...

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 ...

It felt like walking into a horror movie: an abandoned trailer loaded with filth, tattered furniture, and mounds of newspapers clinging to the grandiose hinterlands of the Carrizo Plain National ...

I spent the weekend up in the White Mountains participating in volunteer naturalist training for the Appalachian Mountain Club. I love these kinds of events. Every time I get together with other ...

Today we meet the long-tailed weasel, a high-energy predator that may be dancing for two very different reasons.The long-tailed weasel (Mustela frenata) is known as the comadreja de cola larga or more ...

We take a look at two animals and an insect for clues to how life in the wild makes it through a long, cold winter in Northern Michigan. Hibernation? Forgettaboudit. Surviving the bitter cold of ...

This small weasel's attention was drawn to the little squeaking noises that Bill Danielson was making, and paused long enough for him to snap a few photos. BILL DANIELSON / For the Recorder Sign up ...

Imagine a chipmunk weighing three ounces sound asleep in a small chamber about 24 inches below ground. The den is lined with finely chewed leaves. It’s safe and secure… until a least weasel, the ...

Cold temperatures are best endured by those of some rotundity, those with a low surface to mass ratio. If you were to design a creature to endure the thermal challenges of winter, roly-poly would be a ...

My friend Gordon Russell sent me a letter recently describing a wildlife encounter. He had been following deer tracks along a stone wall when a movement caught his attention. Almost before its image ...