Coloradan Tina Jackson's one-year probationary period as a federal employee was set to end on March 10. But three weeks ago, ...

A woman in Pennsylvania spotted a rarely seen animal, a wild ermine (also known as a stoat or short-tailed weasel) in a ...

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

Tina Jackson fears federal job cuts and funding freezes could imperil work to save the species from the brink of extinction.

The concern comes after Tina Jackson, who led the species’ recovery across 12 states–including Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, ...

A dedicated team of workers is helping save the black-footed ferret. Now, President Trump is firing some of them. Experts ...

Efforts to help a genetically impoverished species may be the only chance for a stable population and the species' eventual removal from Endangered Species Act protections.

After an Animal Justice investigation at a Manitoba ferret mill, a major US rescue group has pledged $50,000 to save the animals.

Let Your Ferret Approach You The key to building trust with a skittish ferret is allowing them to approach you on their own terms. Don’t rush the process. Sit quietly near their enclosure or on ...

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 ...

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