Conservationists have been trying to save North America’s only native ferret for more than four decades. Twice it has been declared extinct. Now, scientists have come up with a pioneering plan to ...

Eleven black-footed ferrets were born at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo facility in Virginia, marking a big step in cloning ...

Ferrets are beloved, curious creatures whose popularity as a family pet has steadily increased over the past decades. However ...

Sniffing poo doesn't exactly make it onto anyone's list as a way to save lives. But if you're a ferret, a quick whiff of faeces could land you a job as an instant disease detector. Dogs are reliable ...

American pioneers saw the endless stretches of grassland of the Great Plains as a place to produce grain and beef for a growing country. But one casualty was the native prairie ecosystem and animals ...

Some puppies had severe worms and all are receiving veterinary treatment Fourteen puppies have been rescued after they were crammed "like sardines" into a cat carrier and ferret box and dumped in a ...

LARIMER COUNTY, Colo. — The black-footed ferret may be short of stature, but they stand tall in the history books – they were the first North American endangered species to be cloned in 2020. This ...

Two more black-footed ferrets have been cloned from the genes used for the first clone of an endangered species in the U.S., bringing to three the number of slinky predators genetically identical to ...

Fourteen puppies have been rescued after they were crammed "like sardines" into a cat carrier and ferret box and dumped in a field. They were found by a farmer who was working late and heard the sound ...