In Colorado, scientists have cloned the first endangered species native to North America: a black-footed ferret. They hope their new technology might help keep other species from going extinct. I ...

One species of mustelid is particularly adept at maneuvers below the ground – the ferret. Ferrets hunt in tight and twisty burrows, bending their bodies up to 180 degrees, both vertically and ...

Two more black-footed ferrets have been cloned from the genes used for the first clone of an endangered species in the U.S., bringing to three the number of slinky predators genetically identical to ...

Elizabeth Ann is just 2 months old, but her extraordinary life is already making history. This black-footed ferret is a clone of an animal that died more than 30 years ago, and she is the first ...

By Shreya Dasgupta Rathlin Island off the north of Northern Ireland is now free from feral ferrets that were harming its ...

Scientists have cloned an endangered U.S. animal for the first time, creating a black-footed ferret named Elizabeth Ann from the frozen cells of an ancestor in a landmark achievement that boosts ...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (NEXSTAR) — The first U.S. endangered species has been cloned — a black-footed ferret duplicated from the genes of an animal that died more than 30 years ago. Elizabeth Ann was born in ...

Rathlin Island used a three-part plan of attack to rid the island of predatory ferrets, and saved its most vulnerable species.

The first wild population of endangered black-footed ferrets that started from captive-bred animals, once feared to have died out, has survived and is growing, researchers say. The latest survey, from ...

April is a GREAT month if you are a ferret! Not only is it Adopt a Ferret Month, but April 2nd is National Ferret Day. So, what do we know about these inquisitive and playful creatures? Tom Dock is ...