Antonia was born last year, created from preserved genetic ... Except for the clones and the new offspring, all black-footed ferrets alive today are descended from the same seven forebears ...

Ben Novak, one of the lead scientists at Revive & Restore, called the new births “inspiring.” “Today, the population [of black-footed ferrets] in the wild is probably only around 300 ...

The black-footed ferret could be coming back to New Mexico. The animal is the country's only native ferret species and historically lived in parts of the southwest including New Mexico and Arizona.