A woman in Pennsylvania spotted a rarely seen animal, a wild ermine (also known as a stoat or short-tailed weasel) in a ...

If you’ve ever seen both a ferret and a weasel, you’ll agree that it can be pretty difficult to spot the difference between ...

Some folks thought it might be a ferret. Some thought it might be a pet that had gotten free. Some knew exactly what it was, though. “It’s a wild stoat and they can be nasty,” one person ...

But the ferret guesses weren’t too far off, as ermines — also known as stoats or short-tailed weasels — along with badgers and otters, are members of the mustelid family. Getty A stock image of an ...