Black-footed ferrets, weasel-like animals with distinctive dark bands around their eyes and black feet, are ruthless little ...

In the 1970s, scientists thought black-footed ferrets were extinct, but a twist of fate, and an unprecedented breeding effort led by the US Fish and Wildlife Service, brought this critical piece ...

there were nearly one million black-footed ferrets. They primarily ate prairie dogs, small burrowing rodents native to North America. However, a rise in agricultural activities in the 1900s led to ...

Scientists considered the species extinct until a dog brought a ferret back to a Wyoming ranch in 1981. The incident led scientists to discover a nearby population, which federal biologists ...

Staffing cuts at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, including a key ferret recovery coordinator in Colorado, have sparked ...

Madison prodded the ferret, an adolescent female born in captivity at the conservation center that Jackson formerly led. But ...

Wright said the California Fish and Game Commission has officially accepted the Legalize Ferret petition for a regulation ...