When an epidemic of plague struck prairie dogs within South Dakota’s greater Conata-Badlands ecosystem last spring, U.S. Fish ...
Coloradan Tina Jackson's one-year probationary period as a federal employee was set to end on March 10. But three weeks ago, ...
The first clone of a black-footed ferret, Elizabeth Anne, was an important step in addressing the endangered species’ ...
In northern Colorado, a dedicated team of workers is helping save an endangered species known as the black-footed ferret. Now ...
A captive-bred black-footed ferret undergoes preconditioning at the National Black-footed Ferret Conservation Center in ...
Tina Jackson fears federal job cuts and funding freezes could imperil work to save the species from the brink of extinction.
Black-footed ferrets, weasel-like animals with distinctive dark bands around their eyes and black feet, are ruthless little hunters. At night, they dive into burrows in pursuit of juicy prairie ...
If only black-footed ferrets had a brand ambassador like groundhogs have in Punxsutawney Phil. The endangered ferrets don’t quite feel the same love as the famous groundhog, but they do get a ...
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Staffing cuts at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, including a key ferret recovery coordinator in Colorado, have sparked ...