In the early 1900s, the United States was likely home to more than 5 million ferrets ... Currently there are 340 black-footed ferrets in the wild and 301 in captivity. For decades the Center has been ...

Work at the National Black-Footed Ferret Conservation Center in northern Colorado is helping save one of the most endangered ...

South Africa, particularly the Western Cape, is home to many animals and ... natural predators such as raptors and wild dogs. Without natural predators, ferret populations might rapidly increase ...

Cutting-edge technology designed to track and understand the secret, underground lives and behavior of the elusive black-footed ferret has been deployed in the wild for the first time. Believed to be ...

Researchers hope they can breed more black-footed ferrets in captivity before releasing any into the wild. Keep reading to learn more about these ferrets. ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ What comes to mind ...

A rescued ferret has found a new home 2,000 miles away from where it was discovered. The ferret, named Boh, was found dumped in Waltham, North East Lincolnshire, in March and has been adopted by a ...

Soon after, wild-born ferrets were seen at the park ... plains bison — descendants from the original herd — returned home to the Blackfeet Nation reserve near Glacier National Park in Montana.

In the process, the black-footed ferret was nearly wiped out. In 1987, 18 animals were captured in the wild to begin a captive breeding program, which has since reintroduced ferrets into promising ...