The small critters native to Arizona were reintroduced this year for the first time in three decades after a bacterial ...

Sibert and Red Cloud, black-footed ferret siblings at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, are the first members of an endangered species born to a cloned animal.

Arizona wildlife officials have released 10 endangered black-footed ferrets in an attempt to rebuild the population at the ...

Wildlife conservationists are celebrating a big milestone reached by a little black-footed ferret and her offspring, born at the Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute earlier ...

Plague-fighting techniques and cloning have fuelled the comeback of the critically endangered black-footed ferret.

In a "groundbreaking achievement," a clone of an endangered species of ferret has given birth to babies for the very first time. The mother, named Antonia, is a clone of another black-footed ferret, ...

Ferrets were first reintroduced to Colorado in 2001 at Wolf Creek, north of Rangely. After dozens were released over several ...

Emergence and spread of H5N1 virus clade 2.3.4.4b across continents, infecting marine mammals and raising concerns about milk ...

Wildlife officials reintroduced 10 endangered black-footed ferrets to the Aubrey Valley/Double O Ranch area for the first ...

The ferret population began to rapidly decline in the 1900s as people began clearing their habitat and killing prairie dogs from farmland. In 2013, conservation groups, commercial companies and ...

Our canine friends can often go above and beyond in their duty as loyal companion or working dog. In the case of saving a ...