On Monday while snowmobiling in the Great North Woods I chanced upon a rare creature that I have never seen -- the American marten.

Pine marten are opportunistic feeders, preferring squirrels, rodents, nesting birds, even carrion, but also eating fruits, nuts and insects. They kill prey with a quick, powerful bite to the back ...

These tools allow experts to monitor the animals without disturbing them. Experts use cameras and peanut butter to check up ...

If you're going to learn something new about the pine marten, you might need a good hair trap. Natalie Dawson, a research professor at the University of Montana, published findings this year in ...

With pine martens (martes martes) anything seems possible. ... Paul G of Co Meath, tells me that the marten first took the egg carefully in its paws and then made off with it in its mouth.

All martens are slender, agile animals with bushy tails and large paws adapted to living in forests both coniferous and deciduous. The origin of the word ‘marten’ is unknown.

Wiltshire, England, has just seen the return of a critically endangered mammal: the pine marten, the Gazette and Herald reported. The pine marten is a mustelid, like ferrets, stoats, and weasels ...

A pine marten has been spotted in London for the first time since the late 19th century.. The pine marten was once Britain's second most common carnivore. But loss of habitat and persecution by ...

Pine martens are nocturnal and can travel as much as 5 miles in a single night looking for a meal. They can weigh up to 4.8 lbs and live up to eight years, according to the London Wild Life Trust.

Pine martens have been released in other parts of Wales since 2015. The team of Bangor University researchers set up the network of cameras across different types of woodland.

A pine marten (Martes martes) has been spotted in London for the first time since the 19th century, and just three years after the species was reintroduced to southern England.While established in ...

Pine martens could be lured into consuming contraceptives in an effort to control their numbers in parts of Scotland, it has been suggested. The Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust said the ...