Two endangered baby black-footed ferrets have been born, but these babies are extremely unusual—they're both clones. Noreen was born at the National Black-Footed Ferret Conservation Center in ...

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The black-footed ferret could also be called the black-eyed ferret because of the distinctive “stick-em up” mask that adorns its face. The tan ferrets also have black markings on their feet ...

Black-footed ferrets, weasel-like animals with distinctive dark bands around their eyes and black feet, are ruthless little hunters. At night, they dive into burrows in pursuit of juicy prairie ...

POWELL — The first clone of a black-footed ferret, Elizabeth Anne, was an important step in addressing the endangered species’ impoverished genetics. Starting with access to genetic material ...

DENVER — In northern Colorado, a dedicated team of workers is helping save an endangered species known as the black-footed ferret. Now, President Trump has fired some of the team at the National ...

Tina Jackson never tired of arriving to work at the National Black-Footed Ferret Conservation Center outside of Fort Collins. After nearly 30 years as a state wildlife manager, Jackson took a job ...

Presently, ferrets survive at 14 of those sites. Currently there are 340 black-footed ferrets in the wild and 301 in captivity. For decades the Center has been defending this species from threats like ...