Authorities advise everyone to avoid contact with animals with rabies, especially if they seem sick or are acting abnormally.

A U.S.-based animal rights group has pledged US$50,000 to help any ferrets rescued from a breeding mill in southwestern ...

A U.S.-based animal rights group has pledged US$50,000 to help any ferrets rescued from a breeding mill in southwestern ...

Saving rare species from extinction requires extraordinary measures. The black-footed ferret is one of North America’s most endangered mammals. Once thought to be extinct, after the species was ...

By most indications, the avian influenza outbreak that has washed over U.S. farms is at an ebb. Experts don’t seem hopeful, ...

The first clone of a black-footed ferret, Elizabeth Anne, was an important step in addressing the endangered species’ impoverished genetics. Starting with access to genetic material from just seven ...

Their paper, published in Nature Neuroscience, unveils patterns of cortical activity occurring in the ferret visual cortex before and after newly born pups first open their eyes. "The fundamental ...

Very few humans have gone up against bird flu. But we've all dealt with seasonal flu for years. Some of our immune systems ...

POWELL — The first clone of a black-footed ferret, Elizabeth Anne, was an important step in addressing the endangered species’ impoverished genetics. Starting with access to genetic material ...

Cochise County Sheriff Mark Dannels said the animals were located in the Ramsey Canyon area, south of Sierra Vista.

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