The ferrets that will be released into the wild are put in outdoor "pre-conditioning" pens. A concrete wall extends down into the ground to keep them from escaping. Twenty-five years ago today, a dog ...

A cloned black-footed ferret named Antonia gave birth to two healthy babies at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. This is the first time a cloned engineered species has ...

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TOPEKA (KSNT) — Conservationists are giving a critically endangered species a second chance in Kansas. Black-footed ferrets are considered by conservationists to be extremely endangered, coming very ...

Twenty-five years ago today, a dog in Wyoming arrived at its owner's doorstep with a dead black-footed ferret in its mouth. Until then, biologists... Black-Footed Ferrets Fight Extinction Twenty-five ...