A nationwide study, which used remote cameras to photograph wildlife, has reported the prevalence of the invasive Sika deer and an uptick in the number of native red squirrels and pine martens here.

Ranging mostly in forested lands, especially in mixed deciduous-coniferous forests throughout Minnesota’s northern third, ...

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The government is supporting research into a contraceptive "pill" for grey squirrels to curb the damage these rodents inflict on Britain's woodlands and its native red squirrel population. This forms ...

December 4, 2025 – Yosemite National Park officials offer a glimpse of an elusive American marten, known as a pine marten. As snow begins to fall in Yosemite’s high country, many animals prefer to ...

The European pine marten (Martes martes), also known as the pine marten, is a mustelid native to and widespread in most of Europe, Asia Minor, the Caucasus, and parts of Iran, Iraq, and Syria. Credit: ...

If you find yourself on Exmoor – a vast National Park in North Devon and West Somerset – you might be lucky enough to see a native animal scurrying through woodland areas. Following a successful ...

The nine female and 10 male pine martens were sourced from healthy wild populations in North West Scotland, brought down to Exmoor in a specially adapted, temperature-controlled vehicle. They have ...

Pine martens once lived throughout the woodlands of southwest England. But more than a century ago, the small, weasel-like creatures disappeared from the region, largely due to habitat loss and ...

Pine martens haven't been seen in Somerset for more than 100 years. But conservationists got a pleasant surprise, after one was spotted on their night vision camera. The animal was seen in the Mendips ...

A couple in the United Kingdom checked a trail camera and found a video of a locally extinct predator, a “bouncy little fella.” Screengrab from @a.patch.wilder’s Instagram video As darkness settled ...