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But the ferret guesses weren’t too far off, as ermines — also known as stoats or short-tailed weasels — along with badgers and otters, are members of the mustelid family. Getty “It's not a ...

Those responsible for naming the Mustelidae family picked the right word. They are a weaselly bunch. Weasels, minks, badgers, otters, ferrets, polecats, and martens comprise the 70-plus species in the ...

This repository contains the host tools for controlling Greaseweazle: an Open Source USB device capable of reading and writing raw data on nearly any type of floppy disk.

Nimble, elegant and lithe, the common weasel is this country’s, and the world's, smallest carnivore. The male of the species is usually around 11 inches long, but so streamlined that it can squeeze ...