Bookshelf ‘What the Ermine Saw’ Review: A Da Vinci Painting’s Journey In the painting of a young Italian noblewoman, collectors, diplomats and Nazis all saw a treasure to pursue.

Snow-white coats serve as camouflage for animals like the Arctic hare, as well as the stoat, which is also called an ermine (pictured above in its signature winter wear).. Its coat may help hide ...

The white coats of Arctic animals have long been popular in the fashion industry. A magnificent white ermine coat was once the most elegant of winter apparel. A white ermine, ...

The tiny, wily creatures are increasingly rare—and for centuries, they’ve represented royal dignity, power, and pomp as ermine, a white, black-flecked fur long prized by monarchs and aristocrats.

In the third and final stage, the animal was transformed into a large white ermine. Martin Kemp, a professor of history of art at Oxford University, said this was a “remarkable” revelation.

(AP) WARSAW, Poland - Bark beetles and old age have damaged Leonardo da Vinci's 15th-century painting "Lady with an Ermine," but the masterpiece is still holding up well, according to a ...

The portrait features Cecilia Gallerani, the mistress of the "white ermine," as da Vinci patron the Duke of Milan was known. For three years, French scientist Pascal Cotte has investigated "The ...

A woman in Pennsylvania spotted a rarely seen animal, a wild ermine (also known as a stoat or short-tailed weasel) in a parking lot in Dallas, Pa., and shared a clip online. An expert later ...

White ermine moth Some erebids are more impressive with their wings furled—the white ermine moth ( Spilosoma lubricipeda ) is one of them. True to its name, it looks like it’s sporting a white ...

Animal Crossing: New Horizons boasts the presence of some notorious in-game characters. ... The real version will have a woman holding an all-white ermine. In the fake version, ...

Winter brings remarkable transformations in various animals, enabling them to survive harsh conditions. Examples include the Snowshoe Hare, Arctic Fox, Ptarmigan, Snowy Owl, Ermine, Mountain Hare ...