After years of efforts, Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) confirmed that black-footed ferrets, an endangered species, have successfully bred at a reintroduction site in southeast Colorado. "While it’s ...

In 1979, the black-footed ferret was believed to be extinct. More than four decades later, scientists in the US have not only cloned the species from the last wild survivors, but one of those clones ...

Mycosis nail fungus, also known as onychomycosis, is a fungal infection of the nail unit. It is more common in the toenails because fungi thrive in warm, moist environments like your shoes.

And the cycle starts all over. The white stuff that engulfs these flies is a fungus called Entomophthora muscae—Entomophthora translates to “destroyer of insects.” It’s an obligate ...

Rising H5N1 bird flu cases in the U.S. prompted the CDC to study the virus in ferrets, revealing it may have the potential to spread and cause severe symptoms in other mammals. H5N1 bird flu is ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently announced that Antonia, a clone of a black-footed ferret born in the 1980s, successfully gave birth to two offspring, Sibert and Red Cloud, at the ...

Antonia, one of three cloned ferrets based on DNA of a female captured in 1980 – credit, US Fish and Wildlife Service In Front Royal, a black-footed ferret named Antonia has just given birth to ...

More often than not, our routines involve nothing more than a basic supermarket-bought shampoo and conditioner. While some of these are up to scratch, you can up your hair game if you switch to a ...

Authorities indicated that techniques used in their work with black-footed ferrets could help preserve other endangered species. The two ferrets were born in June to a cloned mother at the ...

A black-footed ferret cloned from DNA of a ferret that lived in the 1980s has birthed two healthy kits, the first successful live births from a cloned endangered species and another win for a ...

Rachael is a writer and digital content producer at IFLScience with a Zoology degree from the University of Southampton, UK, and a nose for novelty animal stories. For the first time ever, two ...

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 ...