Otter and mink are semi-aquatic mammals that resemble one another in quite a few ways. In fact, they are so similar that ...

Small in size but mighty in power, the American mink is a relentless predator known for its incredible strength, agility, and ...

The group has an agreed vision to support water vole recovery in the two counties, which includes the "humane control" of mink population.

Slappe lives in Mink Shoals, about four miles from West Virginia American Water's office on Pennsylvania Avenue. She said she's been a West Virginia American Water customer in the same house for ...

Someone released 2,000 mink from Tonn's Mink Farm in Tuscarawas Township. The owner says most of them were safely recovered ...

A new variant of avian influenza appears capable of spreading among mammals, highlighting the need for more proactive surveillance, experts said.

American Mink have also been implicated in the decline of the Water Vole in the United Kingdom and linked to the decline of water fowl across their range in Europe.

And since the mink are domesticated, they lack wildlife survival skills. None of them know how to make shelter or find water in the area.

Water vole numbers have plunged by 96 per cent since 1950 -when the mink first began to flourish in the wild. American Mink is now present in most areas of the UK and Ireland.

Hundreds of the mink – that are not equipped to live in the wild – have been found dead near the farm they were released from.

A policy to control invasive minks in Leicestershire and Rutland in a bid to protect water vole populations has been approved. On Friday, Leicestershire County Council's cabinet passed the plan to ...