When monitoring the health of mammal populations, scientists often use camera traps to observe the animals in their habitats.

We’re a little worried about the weasels,” said Roland Kays, a research professor at North Carolina State University and ...

Red meat proved best at attracting elusive weasels to camera traps. Short-tailed weasels love red meat; long-tailed prefer ...

Between 2022 and 2023, researchers placed 486 camera traps in sites across the central and eastern United States where they knew weasels lived.

Weasels are often difficult to capture on camera, making it hard for conservationists to track their population numbers. This ...

But weasels are so sneaky they're rarely caught on camera -- leaving scientists with questions about this population of predators. "We're a little worried about the weasels," says Roland Kays ...