Wildlife conservationists are celebrating a big milestone reached by a little black-footed ferret and her offspring, born at the Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute earlier ...

A cloned black-footed ferret successfully gave birth — marking the first time a U.S. clone of an endangered species produced offspring, and an opportunity to rebuild the black-footed ferret population ...

In 1979, the black-footed ferret was believed to be extinct. More than four decades later, scientists in the US have not only cloned the species from the last wild survivors, but one of those clones ...

Well, in this case, the story is real. For the first time in U.S. history, a cloned endangered species has produced offspring. SUMMERS: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently announced that ...

A small face poked its nose through the bars of a metal cage, curious about the two women who’ve entered the room at the National Black-Footed Ferret Conservation Center outside of Fort Collins.

PIERRE, S.D. - The black-footed ferrets reintroduced into Wind Cave National Park a year ago have produced at least three litters of babies, a sign the program is on the right track, officials said ...

Meet Aster, Swifty and Aspen. The trio of black-footed ferret kits at the Smithsonian National Zoo’s biology facility in Virginia were named after more than 6,700 people voted. The baby ferrets were ...

The United States Department of Agriculture has filed two complaints against the University of Iowa after an investigation found multiple ferret babies, known as kits, had died as a result of being ...

Black-footed ferrets are one of the most endangered mammals in North America with only an estimated 370 in the wild, according to the World... A cloned black-footed ferret successfully gave birth — ...