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 ...

LAS ANIMAS, Colo. (KXRM) — Las Animas has 33 new little residents after the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo successfully released endangered black-footed ferrets into the wild as part of its black-footed ...

Wildlife conservationists are celebrating a big milestone reached by a little black-footed ferret and her offspring, born at ...

A cloned black-footed ferret at the Smithsonian Zoo has given birth to two kits in an effort to conserve the endangered ...

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

In a divergence from tradition, the Louisville Zoo enlisted the help of a black-footed ferret to predict if spring will come early this year.

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 ...

Wildlife biologists are sharing "a lot of good news coming out of ferret world" in the fight to save North America's critically endangered black-footed ferret. In Pueblo County, there's evidence of at ...

The black-footed ferret could be coming back to New Mexico. The animal is the country's only native ferret species and historically lived in parts of the southwest including New Mexico and Arizona.

Presently, ferrets survive at 14 of those sites. Currently there are 340 black-footed ferrets in the wild and 301 in captivity. For decades the Center has been defending this species from threats like ...