The black-footed ferret could also be called the black-eyed ... These voracious predators hunt them in their own burrows, and take shelter in abandoned prairie dog dwellings.

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

But ferrets, which hunt prairie dogs for food and live in their burrows ... Presently, ferrets survive at 14 of those sites. Currently there are 340 black-footed ferrets in the wild and 301 in ...

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 ...

Saving rare species from extinction requires extraordinary measures. The black-footed ferret is one of North America’s most endangered mammals. Once thought to be extinct, after the species was ...

The black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) stands as one of North America’s most captivating yet endangered mammals. Known for its slender, weasel-like body and distinct black markings on its feet and ...

Black Footed Ferrets, the most endangered mammal in North ... With a “housewarming gift” of some food to get them started, before having to hunt on their own, the ferrets are set to start ...

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 is one of the most endangered mammals ... The Forest Service had been reissuing temporary bans on prairie dog hunting in the Conata Basin area every 30 days since 2018.