Check out this long-tailed weasel that has already embraced sweater season! 🧤🧣 Bring on the snow! At 11,700 feet, this weasel was curiously checking out our biologists last week, and most likely hunting pika and small rodents before the winter snowpack settles in. ❄️ They turn completely white with a black tipped tail in the winter, helping them camouflage and hide from other predators and their prey. | Utah Division of Wildlife Resources

Our respect and admiration for the long-tailed weasel knows nearly no bounds, and trail cam clips like these do nothing to dampen that enthusiasm. On full display here are the obvious traits that make the LTW must-watch animalvision: the sleek, shining coat; the lithe, undulating trunk; the impossibly graceful transfer of energy between its body and the ground as it moves (hovers?) along. And here's a specific shout-out to the LTW's drive train, one that allows it to negotiate scaly, vertical te

Long-tailed weasel release Weasels can be difficult to photograph at release time because they usually bound off in seconds. This guy was chill and allowed for an extended video. Weasels are escape artists: thus the extra security on the transport container. | Red Creek Wildlife Center