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

Wildlife conservationists are celebrating a big milestone reached by a little black-footed ferret and her offspring, born at the Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute earlier ...

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 ...

Colorado Parks and Wildlife conservation biologist Ed Schmal uses a spot light to search for black-footed ferrets among the praire dog towns Wednesday night, Oct. 22, 2025, on the Walker Ranch west of ...

SELIGMAN — Wildlife officials released 10 endangered black-footed ferrets at Arizona’s only active ferret reintroduction site Wednesday, the latest development in a decades-long effort to save the ...

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.

Black-footed ferrets are one of the most endangered mammals in North America with only an estimated 370 in the wild, according to the World... A cloned black-footed ferret successfully gave birth — ...

We’ve ferreted out the answers to some of the most-searched questions about North America’s only native ferret species. Ashley Goetz Black-footed ferrets are well-suited for their prairie environment, ...

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 ...

A small face poked its nose through the bars of a metal cage, curious about the two women who’ve entered the room at the National Black-Footed Ferret Conservation Center outside of Fort Collins.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A black-footed ferret, North America’s most endangered mammal, was captured Monday by Colorado wildlife officials in a Pueblo West garage and released back ...