Kansas State University surgeons had the rare opportunity to surgically-implant a one-of-a-kind pacemaker into a ferret named Zelda after the pet’s owner, Carl Hobi, noticed problems with the animal’s ...

Your ferret's seemingly silly sideways hops and frenetic tunneling are echoes of a wild predator still lurking beneath the ...

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 ...

Conservationists have been trying to save North America’s only native ferret for more than four decades. Twice it has been declared extinct. Now, scientists have come up with a pioneering plan to ...

Black-footed ferrets, a critically endangered species native to North America, have renewed hope for future survival thanks to successful efforts by a coalition of conservationists, to reproduce ...

The ferret kits at the Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute’s breeding facility in Front Royal, Va., just passed their 90-day health check with flying colors. Adrienne Crosier ...