The black-footed ferret could also be called the black-eyed ferret because of the distinctive “stick-em up” mask that adorns its face. The tan ferrets also have black markings on their feet ...

Yet, the black-footed ferret, with its bandit-like mask and playful nature, has done just that. Once believed to be lost forever, this small predator’s journey from extinction’s edge is ...

This black-footed ferret is a clone of an animal that died more than 30 years ago, and she is the first successful clone of any endangered species native to the U.S.

Every black-footed ferret in existence now is descended from the 18 ferrets captured in Wyoming, according to Tara Harris, director of conservation for the Phoenix Zoo.

All black-footed ferrets alive today are essentially half-siblings — except for Elizabeth Ann. The path toward cloning a black-footed ferret began in the 1980s, at a conservation biology conference.

Black-footed ferrets remain one of North America’s most endangered mammals, and threats like disease, habitat loss, and climate change continue to loom. However, the progress achieved so far ...

Black-footed ferrets were first put on the endangered species list in 1967. And then in 1979, when the last known member of the species died in captivity, they were declared extinct.

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 ...

Black-footed ferrets are one of the most endangered mammals in North America with only an estimated 370 in the wild, according to the World Wildlife Fund. Accessibility links.

The cloned black-footed ferret, Antonia, produced two kits, a male and female, at the Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute in Virginia. The organization's senior curator ...

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 ...

Sibert and Red Cloud could make an enormous contribution to the species because their mother was cloned from a black-footed ferret from the 1980s, named Willa, who had no offspring.