Sandler says the cloning program took a big step with the recent birth. The first black-footed ferret that was successfully cloned, Elizabeth Ann, could not have offspring. Antonia, like Elizabeth ...

The black-footed ferret has made a big comeback since the 1980s when a handful from Wyoming were brought into captivity. Now, ...

When an epidemic of plague struck prairie dogs within South Dakota’s greater Conata-Badlands ecosystem last spring, U.S. Fish ...

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 ...

Wright said the California Fish and Game Commission has officially accepted the Legalize Ferret petition for a regulation ...

Staffing cuts at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, including a key ferret recovery coordinator in Colorado, have sparked ...

Their paper, published in Nature Neuroscience, unveils patterns of cortical activity occurring in the ferret visual cortex before and after newly born pups first open their eyes. "The fundamental ...

The domestic ferret, though not as common a laboratory animal as the rat or mouse, serves as a model in critical research areas, including influenza biology and vaccine development. Studies ...