These two baby ferrets are genetically identical ... All of the black-footed ferrets alive today are descended from the same seven wild individuals, with the exception of the three clones.

In the process, the black-footed ferret was nearly wiped out. In 1987, 18 animals were captured in the wild to begin a captive breeding program, which has since reintroduced ferrets into promising ...

Black-footed ferrets, weasel-like animals with distinctive dark bands around their eyes and black feet, are ruthless little ...

Over the last few decades, those efforts have built up a population of roughly 500 wild ferrets. Jackson, however, no longer works at the facility. Last month, she was fired as a part of the Trump ...

Presently, ferrets survive at 14 of those sites. Currently there are 340 black-footed ferrets in the wild and 301 in captivity. For decades the Center has been defending this species from threats like ...