“It was once said in another context that being in close quarters with such a volatile person was like being locked in a phone booth with an enraged ferret.” — Documents filed on behalf of Gov. Jim ...

Grace, a 23-year-old who lives on the Upper East Side, has a plan if she’s ever stopped by a cop when she’s walking her three ferrets — Mina, Amy and Louie — in Central Park. “My roommate [will] say ...

SACRAMENTO — Admirers call them cute, cuddly and loaded with personality. Critics insist they are sharp-toothed predators that would bite a toddler or devour an endangered bird if given half a chance.

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My encounters with urban wildlife just keep coming. No sooner had I “herded” the hummingbird out of my upstairs bedroom for the second time last week, than a fat red-breasted robin flew through the ...

Dec. 11 (UPI) --A Maine woman said an animal initially believed to be a rat and later thought to be an escaped ferret was eventually discovered to be a weasel in her ceiling. Kassondra Dale said she ...

MEETEETSE, Wyo. – An endangered weasel is returning to an area of western Wyoming where the critter almost went extinct more than 30 years ago. Biologists plan to release 35 black-footed ferrets ...

It looks like former Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s ferret freak out was for naught. The Board of Health and Mayor Bill de Blasio are seriously considering abolishing New York City’s ferret ban this coming ...

A Fort Collins brewery's beer to honor an endangered animal has become one of its top sellers. Pateros Creek Brewing, 242 N. College Avenue, created Prairie Bandit Wheat to honor the September release ...

BEN Stiller and Jennifer Aniston have an easy chemistry in the romantic comedy “Along Came Polly” – but no love was lost between Stiller and the ferret who plays a pivotal comic role in the film.