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

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 ...

Though black-footed ferrets sometimes eat squirrels, mice, and other rodents, prairie dogs are essential to their survival, making up the majority of the ferret diet. These voracious predators ...

A cloned black-footed ferret gave birth to two kits in June 2024. This is the first time a cloned animal from an endangered species has successfully reproduced. Researchers hope they can breed ...

Recently, ferrets have become increasingly popular in South Africa, especially in the Western Cape province. Breeders, pet shops and private sellers offer them as pets. While ferrets may seem like ...

In the early 1900s, the United States was likely home to more than 5 million ferrets. But ferrets, which hunt prairie dogs for food and live in their burrows, were almost wiped out early in the 20th ...

CityNews has learned the province is investigating a ferret breeding mill in western Manitoba, following the release of hidden camera footage showing as many as 500 animals living in conditions that ...

These ferrets are carnivores that mainly eat black-tailed prairie dogs, another grassland species facing population decline. In the years following the ferrets’ reintroduction, the park ...