Six tiny reasons to celebrate.

Mother’s Day was extra special for carnivore keepers at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) in Front Royal, Virginia, who welcomed the year’s first litter of black-footed ferret kits ...

The black-footed ferret, once thought to be extinct in the wild, was rediscovered in 1981 with a small population of 24 animals in Wyoming―30 years later the species’ future is brighter than ever. The ...

FRONT ROYAL, Va. (7NEWS) — Three black-footed ferret kits are in need of names, and The Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute is inviting the public to vote. The kits, two male ...

WASHINGTON — The Smithsonian’s National Zoo has three new black-footed ferret kits that it wants the public to help them name! The ferrets are doing great since their live-streamed birth in May, so ...

Animal care staff at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute welcomed six black-footed ferret kits to 2-year-old mother Potpie May 10, 2020. (Courtesy Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute ...

Even more babies are booming at the Louisville Zoo. In this case, it's a whole lot more.The zoo already welcomed a baby zebra filly, three Canadian lynx kittens and four Bennett's wallabee joeys in ...

Two black-footed ferrets at the Smithsonian's National Zoo have each given birth to a kit that was sired by males who died in 1999 and 2000. These endangered ferrets were artificially inseminated in ...

The Phoenix Zoo has confirmed the birth of six black-footed ferret kits, the newest members of a carefully managed and endangered species that's slowly recovering from a human-caused demise. So far ...

WASHINGTON — The Smithsonian’s National Zoo has three new black-footed ferret kits that it wants the public to help them name! The ferrets are doing great since their live-streamed birth in May, so ...