Recently, I had a chance to photograph a very interesting animal – the short-tailed weasel (Mustela erminea). Also called ermine, the short-tailed weasel is a tiny bundle of energy wrapped up in a fur ...

Dec. 8 − To the Editor: Did you know the short-tailed weasel retains a black tip at the end of its tail when the rest of its coat turns white for winter? Neither did I until I read Susan Pike’s column ...

Weighing as much as a cup of walnuts and resembling a squeaky dog toy, the short-tailed weasel is easy to underestimate. The spunky little creature that springs through snow drifts and woodpiles all ...

Winter fashion is quite different from summer dress in the mountains. One of the more stylish coats seen on the slopes belongs to the ermine. The animal is a handsome, foot-long, slinky tube of ...

I spent the weekend up in the White Mountains participating in volunteer naturalist training for the Appalachian Mountain Club. I love these kinds of events. Every time I get together with other ...

For the record, this is a story that I’ve been sitting on for months. So much was happening this summer that things started to pile up in my “To Do” list and I made the decision to set this one aside ...

Long cold nights in December usher in the short cool days of wildlife delibity, making now the best chance to find a short-tail instead of a long-tail. I define delibity — condensed from “deliberate ...

Weighing as much as a cup of walnuts and resembling a squeaky dog toy, the short-tailed weasel is easy to underestimate. The spunky little creature that springs through snow drifts and woodpiles all ...