Males begin breading during their second or third summer; females when 2 or 3 years old. Potential life span is at least 15-17 years, although few adults in the wild are likely to live to this age.
Pine martens are one of Northern Ireland's rarest native mammals. But conservationists have urged people to take better care of local woodland after an entire family of the tiny creatures was ...
The only recent evidence for pine martens existing in Wales is sightings by members of the public. The Scottish population appears to be faring relatively well, but in Wales it's a different story.
Footage of a rare pine marten has been captured proving the animal's existence in part of Yorkshire. The male pine marten was taken by a camera trap on Forestry Commission land on the North York ...
LONDON (AP) — Conservationists have released 15 pine martens into the wild in southern ... said the mammals are “amazingly well adapted for life in the woodland night, with strong claws ...
LONDON (AP) — Conservationists have released 15 pine martens into the wild in southern England in an effort to reestablish the cat-sized mammals in the region for the first time in more than a ...
A police investigation is underway after a rare pine marten was reportedly “held captive” illegally in Gwynedd. The small mammal was seized from a property in Dolgellau before being ...