A spree of dead polecat-ferrets spotted on the roads of the South Mainland have sparked fears of increased threats to ...

University of Wyoming researchers studied inbred domestic ferrets and determined the mammals have low genetic diversity on a global scale, according to a paper recently published in Evolutionary ...

Polecats have been making a comeback in Oxfordshire after years of being virtually extinct. They have been seen in several parts of the county as these carnivores have gradually spread eastwards from ...

Conservationists have been trying to save North America’s only native ferret for more than four decades. Twice it has been declared extinct. Now, scientists have come up with a pioneering plan to ...