At least she didn't overreact!

One species of mustelid is particularly adept at maneuvers below the ground – the ferret. Ferrets hunt in tight and twisty burrows, bending their bodies up to 180 degrees, both vertically and ...

Elizabeth Ann is just 2 months old, but her extraordinary life is already making history. This black-footed ferret is a clone of an animal that died more than 30 years ago, and she is the first ...

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 ...

The first wild population of endangered black-footed ferrets that started from captive-bred animals, once feared to have died out, has survived and is growing, researchers say. The latest survey, from ...

The black-footed ferret’s comeback is gaining fresh hope, thanks to a bold new science-driven conservation effort.

Scientists believe there are only a few hundred black-footed ferrets still living in the Western United States. The ...

When a Gold Coast mother recently asked her veterinarian what she should do with two ferrets no longer needed by her older son, she was told to call a certain number, drive west along a certain ...