For the first time in more than a century, a fisher has been confirmed in Iowa. Caught on a trail camera in Allamakee County, ...

In the empty winter forests of Maine, small weasel-like animals known as fishers bet against their mortal odds when it comes to food and survival. New research shows for the first time that these ...

While often referred to as fisher cats, the species is genetically akin to weasels without any feline DNA of which to speak. Adult males usually weigh between 8 and 16 pounds, while females weigh ...

Darrington, Wash. — When the door of the wood box slid open, a hefty male fisher named Niffler poked his nose out. Then he took off, gliding like a cat across the damp, mossy earth and into the ...

Fisher have an unwarranted, nasty reputation for being particularly ferocious carnivores with an insatiable hunger for domestic cats. Fisher are in fact impressive predators with a serious set of ...

A fisher, a weasel cousin once eliminated in Pennsylvania, was recently spotted on a trail camera outside Pittsburgh — hours from one of the places where they were reintroduced to the Keystone ...

It's fisher season in Massachusetts, and that means taking a few steps to mitigate their effect. Fishers, also know as fisher cats, are active year round. They're nocturnal, but can be seen out in ...

Updated: Apr 5, 2024 / 09:07 AM EDT CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – Fisher cats, properly named “fishers,” are one of the most misunderstood animals that you may find in Massachusetts.

The fisher is a medium-sized mammal related to river otters and weasels. A mammal that disappeared from Ohio in the 1800s is making a comeback, and state biologists think it's here to stay.

Fishers — also called fisher cats — are not cats, nor do they fish. But these members of the weasel family, common throughout New Hampshire and an important indicator species, are in trouble ...

The fisher is a member of the weasel family. It hunts on land and in trees; it's really not much of a fish eater, as its name might imply, compared to its close cousin, the smaller mink.