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 ...

a cloned black-footed ferret at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, has produced two healthy offspring that will help build genetic diversity in their recovering ...

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 ...

Other animals benefit from their labors. Burrows may be shared by snakes, burrowing owls, and even rare black-footed ferrets, which hunt prairie dogs in their own dwellings. Family groups (a male ...