2020 has been an unpredictable year, but it’s safe to say that even the most cynical doomsday preppers didn’t anticipate checking off “dead, coronavirus-infected mink rising from their graves” from ...

MINK CAN PASS THE MUTATED VERSION OF COVID BACK TO HUMANS. >> FIRST, THE GOOD NEWS. WISCONSIN'S MAIN LIVESTOCK INDUSTRIES, DAIRY, OF COURSE, ALONG WITH PIGS AND POULTRY, HAVEN'T BEEN HIT BY COVID-19 ...

Ferrets, the weasel-like cousin of minks, were given an experimental COVID-19 vaccine in Colorado last year. The vaccine was administered to endangered black-footed ferrets, which may be vulnerable to ...

The U.S., the Netherlands, Denmark and Spain have all reported coronavirus outbreaks on mink farms. Dzīvnieku brīvība via Flickr Commons under CC BY 2.0 The government of Denmark announced that it ...

A Stony Brook company whose human COVID-19 vaccine was repurposed to treat cats has pivoted to a more promising animal market: mink farms. Applied DNA Sciences Inc. expects to begin the new animal ...

After talking about two birds that are generally unmistakable, I wanted to switch gears this week and take a closer look at a mammal that seems to lead to more annual misidentifications than any other ...

On Feb. 11, the Oregon Department of Agriculture lifted the quarantine on the Oregon mink farm previously affected by COVID-19. Three mink from two fur farms in the Netherlands tested positive for ...

WESTERLY, R.I. -- It may not be as big and scary as Big Foot, but a wild animal at the local Walmart is at the center of a mystery that has captured public attention in the steamy days of summer.

MEETEETSE, Wyo.—The spunky black-footed ferret might be extinct today if not for a dog named Shep, a rancher who found a sleek dead critter next to Shep’s bowl one morning, the rancher’s wife who ...