Despite its name, the fisher doesn't eat fish or live by the ocean. This shy, plush-furred member of the weasel family inhabits mature forests and munches on everything from birds to small mammals to ...

The baby fishers, better known as fisher cats, will be cared for at the New England Wildlife Center in Weymouth for the time being.

Barely awake and curled up in the hollow of a felled tree in Cohasset, the baby fishers looked like anything but what many think of as fearsome screeching creatures that stalk unsuspecting pets in ...

This is because the term "Fisher Cat", despite commonly being used, is not the actual name of this species. These small Massachusetts mammals are simply called Fishers. To make things even more ...