The black-footed ferret could also be called the black-eyed ferret because of the distinctive “stick-em up” mask that adorns its face. The tan ferrets also have black markings on their feet ...

Thirteen years after they were listed as endangered in 1967, the last captive ferret died, and the animals were thought to be extinct in North ... Presently, ferrets survive at 14 of those sites.

Elizabeth Ann is about two months old and was cloned from 33-year old DNA US scientists have successfully cloned a highly-endangered black-footed ferret using DNA from an identical animal that has ...

For the first time, the clone of a black-footed ferret has reproduced successfully. Antonia, a clone produced from the DNA of a ferret that died in 1988, has birthed two healthy kits. The black ...

According to CPW Terrestrial Biologist Jonathan Reitz, the plow, poison, and plague were all factors in the black-footed ferret nearly becoming extinct. The animals are predators that primarily ...

The black-footed ferret, named Antonia, is also the first cloned ferret to give birth worldwide. Antonia produced two ...

Wildlife conservationists are celebrating a big milestone reached by a little black-footed ferret and her offspring, born at ...

Biologists have studied the black-footed ferret population there through success — reaching a peak of 123 in 2012 — and decline over the past dozen years. Now they are trying again ...

Four black-footed ferret kits from the Phoenix Zoo. All of the newly introduced ferrets were bred in captivity across the country, including at the Phoenix Zoo. The ferrets learned how to hunt and ...

Listen to this ferret voice his anger at us.” Black-footed ferrets are predators that primary feed on prairie dogs. But prairie dogs are close to their size and they face predation from coyotes ...

The world’s first cloned black-footed ferret has given birth in a historic first for conservationists. Antonia the ferret successfully delivered two healthy kits after mating with Urchin ...