If the fisher cat isn't the most inaccurately named animal in North America, ... fishers can also take down lynx — predatory cats that are about twice the size of an average fisher.

For the first time in more than a century, a fisher has been confirmed in Iowa. Caught on a trail camera in Allamakee County, ...

The fisher is found only in Canada and the northern U.S. In size and attitude, it's somewhere between a domesticated ferret and a wolverine. "Maybe a little closer to a wolverine," says Scott LaPoint.