But ferrets, which hunt prairie dogs for food and live in their burrows ... Currently there are 340 black-footed ferrets in the wild and 301 in captivity. For decades the Center has been defending ...

How will layoffs slashing a Colorado facility’s staff by more than a quarter impact efforts to restore the endangered ...

With that, the extinct black-footed ferret was officially brought back from ... which involved raising kits, preparing food, and observing them during preconditioning. Jackson, meanwhile, was ...

Black-footed ferrets, weasel-like animals with distinctive dark bands around their eyes and black feet, are ruthless little ...

Black-footed ferrets are North America's only ... since they help create their underground habitats, and are the ferret's main food source. However, they have also been on the decline because ...

Efforts to help a genetically impoverished species may be the only chance for a stable population and the species' eventual ...

Staffing cuts at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, including a key ferret recovery coordinator in Colorado, have sparked ...

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 ...

Using corrugated plastic tubing, a black-footed ferret gets its first view of its new home during a relocation effort by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which heads up the National Black ...

With that, the extinct black-footed ferret was officially brought back from ... which involved raising kits, preparing food, ...