The male Mexican wolf shot and killed Wednesday at the Minnesota Zoo may have escaped a separate holding area to go after two wolves new to the exhibit, officials said. The new Mexican wolves from ...

If the fisher cat isn't the most inaccurately named animal in North America, it's certainly up there: ... In Minnesota, the fisher population has declined by an estimated 50% over the past 20 ...

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is confirming the sighting of a mammal not seen in Iowa in about 150 years. DNR officials said a trail camera photo of a fisher was taken by Ryan Cross in ...

June 11, 2018 / 1:13 PM CDT / CBS Minnesota MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- Officials believe a ferret-like animal called a fisher seriously injured a 5-year-old boy Friday in Detroit Lakes.

A fisher, a weasel cousin once eliminated in Pennsylvania, was recently spotted on a trail camera outside Pittsburgh — hours from one of the places where they were reintroduced to the Keystone ...

Fisher said he's not sure which of the three bears is responsible for breaking one of pane's five layers, but he suspects it was Kenai, a nearly full-grown male. Grizzlies typically top out at 800 ...

Five-year-old Xavier Garza was playing in his yard in Minnesota on Friday when he was attacked by an animal that he thought was a "kitty." It wasn't. Xavier fought back, receiving 16 stitches ...

DULUTH, Minn. (AP) - An animal rights group is suing to force changes in Minnesota's trapping rules, saying the state's trappers catch and often kill endangered species.

WAUKON, Iowa (AP) - The Iowa Natural Resources Department has reported a rare, confirmed sighting of a predatory mammal known as a fisher. The department says on its Facebook page that a trail ...

APPLE VALLEY, Minn. - The Minnesota Zoo said it's happy to announce the first birth of a bison calf in 2016. APPLE VALLEY, Minn.

Plans are being made to put the Minnesota Zoo’s newest residents — three fisher kittens born in March — on display within a few months. The three fisher kittens are the first litter born at ...