The medal ceremonies at the 2026 Winter Games have looked different from past Olympic ceremonies. Not only do athletes get their medals, but they earn a commemorative stuffed animal as well. The ...

While stoats are not endangered, studies have shown that predators attack mismatched decoy weasels more than matching ones, Mills said. Owls, hawks, coyotes and foxes all hunt for stoats. Mills ...

The pair of animals chosen as mascots of the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games are stoats — weasel-like creatures that are at risk because of climate change. One of them is brown and the other is ...