Mammals are warm-blooded animals with hair or fur and can produce milk to feed their young. They have three ear bones, which allow for better hearing. They also have a special muscle called a ...

Animals raised for their fur, such as raccoon dogs, fox, mink, and muskrats, may be an important reservoir and transmission hub for emerging viruses, including those at high risk for spillover into ...

Common degus clean themselves and communicate with urine, and they can detach their own tails to escape predators.

This article is about an animal's natural fur. For garments worn by animals, see Rug (animal covering). For coats made from animal fur, see Fur clothing. Animals might have different coat quality for ...

One of the issues I find most upsetting, most cruel and most unnecessary is the fur trade. Millions of wild animals confined in small, bare wire cages, killed in ways too brutal to comprehend let ...

If there’s anything more rewarding than catching a fish on a fly tied with your own two hands, it is doing so with fly tying ...

The 27-country EU, according to its most recent figures, estimates about 1,000 fur farms with roughly 7.7 million animals — including mink, fox and raccoon dogs — are active in the bloc.