In 2020, the black-footed ferret became the first endangered species in North America to be cloned in an effort to increase its vulnerable numbers. Now, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, in ...

Animals born from cloned endangered species are no longer just for the silver screens of “Jurassic Park.” They might just be a model for species conservation. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ...

Crystal Police are investigating the death of a ferret that died after it was found emaciated inside a pet carrier in Basset Creek Dog Park. According to police, the ferret, a spayed female, was found ...

North America's rarest mammal was thought to have gone extinct, not once, but twice, and yet today, it is having a remarkable comeback. The black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) is the continent's ...

For those not familiar with the story, the black-footed ferret once thrived on the plains of the central and southwest United States. The species preys exclusively on prairie dogs, however, and ...

Black-footed ferrets have been reintroduced to the Arizona landscape for the first time in almost 30 years, according to the Arizona Game and Fish Department. In collaboration with the United States ...