A small mammal with fluffy red-orange fur, a short bushy tail, and an adorable rounded face has leapt onto the raccoon family tree.Scientists at the Smithsonian in Washington announced Thursday the ...

Custer State Park in South Dakota has one of the nation's largest buffalo herds. But they aren't just slow-moving, fuzzy animals. Park officials say tourists are getting much too comfortable around ...

What ever happened to cute furry animals, industrious dwarfs and clumsy pachyderms? Remember the big lump in your throat when Bambi’s mother was “harvested” and Dumbo’s mother was locked away and ...

Fishers — fuzzy, cat-size mammals that are cuter relatives of weasels — are under attack. The Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed moving the adorable critters onto the threatened-species list ...