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 federal ...

For years, Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers have driven out to the eastern plains in the middle of the night, a predator’s hunting hours, in hopes of spotting a pair of green, gleaming eyes.

When President Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act into law 50 years ago, one of the first on the endangered list was the black-footed ferret, North America’s rarest animal. Once thought to be ...

The National Zoo is asking for help in naming their three new black-footed ferret kits. (Courtesy Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute) The National Zoo is calling for the ...

They have black feet, as expected, and a Lone Ranger-style black mask. Their long, slinky bodies are ideal for moving into burrows and tunnels underground. That’s where black-footed ferrets spend most ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wildlife biologists are sharing "a lot of good news coming out of ferret world" in the fight to save North America's critically ...

A litter of endangered critters were born at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia, last Saturday. Aristides, a 1-year-old endangered black-footed ...

PHOENIX — Twenty-one endangered black-footed ferrets were born at the Phoenix Zoo this breeding season in an effort to reintroduce the animals to the wild, the zoo and the Arthur L. and Elaine V.

They have black feet, as expected, and a Lone Ranger-style black mask. Their long, slinky bodies are ideal for moving into burrows and tunnels underground. That’s where black-footed ferrets spend most ...