Authorities indicated that techniques used in their work with black-footed ferrets could help preserve other endangered ...

Black-footed ferrets, also known as American polecats, are carnivorous relatives of weasels with dark patches around their ...

The weasel family is often associated with unsavory behavior — we “badger” people, “ferret” out the enemy, and “weasel” out of obligations — but do these critters deserve their bad reputations? The ...

An ambitious project to rid Southland of pests has been put on hold amid financial issues. Predator Free Southland was created with the goal of protec ...

In the late 19th century, Richard Henry, an Irish-born naturalist, took on the mission of saving New Zealand's native bird population, particularly the endangered kākāpō, a flightless, moss-colored ...

One wildlife biologist reports an increase in canine distemper cases in the Asheville area during the transition from summer ...

In a "groundbreaking achievement," a clone of an endangered species of ferret has given birth to babies for the very first time. The mother, named Antonia, is a clone of another black-footed ...

A cloned ferret named Antonia successfully gave birth to two kits earlier this year. It was the first time a cloned black-footed ferret has been able to reproduce, the Fish and Wildlife Service said.

Antonia the ferret successfully delivered two healthy kits after mating with Urchin, a three-year-old male of the same species, at the Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute ...

An endangered animal that was created by cloning gave birth to two healthy offspring at a Smithsonian Institution/National ...

In October, an Environment Southland report revealed the programme had been put on hold for “a few months” while an ...