The ferret kits at the Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute’s breeding facility in Front Royal, Va., just passed their 90-day health check with flying colors. Adrienne Crosier ...

Conservation scientists are racing against time, as hundreds of animal and plant species edge closer to extinction each year ...

Four hours into a pitch black trudge around a ranch full of ankle-turning prairie dog holes, the search for North America’s most endangered mammal starts to feel a little hopeless. “It’s like trying ...

A cloned black-footed ferret successfully gave birth — marking the first time a U.S. clone of an endangered species produced offspring, and an opportunity to rebuild the black-footed ferret population ...

Carnivore keepers at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI) in Front Royal, Virginia, welcomed a litter of endangered black-footed ferrets this week. One-year-old ...

We’ve ferreted out the answers to some of the most-searched questions about North America’s only native ferret species. Ashley Goetz Black-footed ferrets are well-suited for their prairie environment, ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced the births of Noreen and Antonia Brenton Blanchet is an Associate Editor on PEOPLE's TV team. He has been working at PEOPLE since 2022 and his work has ...

Taxonomy, history and use / James G. Fox -- Anatomy of the ferret / Howard Evans and Nguyen Quoc An -- Neuroanatomy of the ferret brain / Christopher D. Kroenke, Brian Mills, Jaime F. Olavarria, and ...

PRYOR — In Crow Indian mythology coyotes are from the Black Hills of South Dakota, cougars are natives of the Musselshell River valley and magpies consider the Ashland country their home. “The ...

Tina Jackson never tired of arriving to work at the National Black-Footed Ferret Conservation Center outside of Fort Collins. After nearly 30 years as a state wildlife manager, Jackson took a job with ...