The black-footed ferret could also be called the black-eyed ferret because of the distinctive “stick-em up” mask that adorns its face. The tan ferrets also have black markings on their feet ...

Black-footed ferrets are North America's only native ferret species and were thought to be extinct in 1979. When the species was miraculously rediscovered in 1981 in Wyoming, these long ...

When an epidemic of plague struck prairie dogs within South Dakota’s greater Conata-Badlands ecosystem last spring, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service black-footed ferret biologists and their state and ...

Jackson knows just about everything about black-footed ferrets. "They're a really important little creature in that they depend on prairie dogs. They live in prairie dog burrows and eat mostly ...

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 ...

Interior Department employees say they have been scrambling to keep the lights on and do their jobs as budget cuts driven by the Department of Government efficiency team start to bite.

DENVER — In northern Colorado, a dedicated team of workers is helping save an endangered species known as the black-footed ferret. Now, President Trump has fired some of the team at the National ...

If only black-footed ferrets had a brand ambassador like groundhogs have in Punxsutawney Phil. The endangered ferrets don’t quite feel the same love as the famous groundhog, but they do get a ...

Using corrugated plastic tubing, a black-footed ferret gets its first view of its new home during a relocation effort by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which heads up the National Black ...

Two black-footed ferret kits born to a cloned mother are healthy and happy at the Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Va. The mother, Antonia, was cloned ...