Meet the American Marten! Sometimes referred to as American pine marten, they are a member of the weasel family and uniquely adapted for their omnivorous life in the alpine and boreal forests of North America. Martens thrive as predators in mature expansive forests. They are incredible climbers, equally as agile in trees as on the ground. Martens regulate small mammal populations and are essential dispersers of forest seeds, like berries. Martens can survive in some of the harshest winter condit

Work is better with a song! 🎶 Ecologists at Forestry England are busy installing pine marten den boxes on Dartmoor, singing tunes and having a great time. These boxes will provide essential shelter, and hopefully, this spring, females will use them to raise their young. Interestingly, pine martens’ mate in late summer but don’t become pregnant until January. This is called delayed implantation and means babies are born at the best time of year for survival. We'll monitor the boxes with thermal

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Pine Martens spotted in two Welsh woodlands for the first time