If you’re looking for a fun, non-traditional pet, ferrets may seem like an obvious choice. Unfortunately, they’re not as simple as you might think. In fact, there’s a lot you probably don’t know about ...

University of Wyoming researchers studied inbred domestic ferrets and determined the mammals have low genetic diversity on a global scale, according to a paper recently published in Evolutionary ...

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 ...

The ferret's susceptibility to influenza viruses has been well documented and characterized, and the species has increasingly contributed to the understanding of influenza pathogenesis and ...

A furry posse may be headed to High Lonesome to clean up prairie dog towns. State and federal agencies will take public comment Thursday on a proposal to introduce black-footed ferrets into about ...

Carnivore keepers at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI) in Front Royal, Virginia, welcomed a litter of endangered black-footed ferrets this week. One-year-old ...

At about 3:30 a.m., four hours into our drive, Travis Livieri’s phone began to thrum. “I’ve got a ferret for you,” a voice crackled through the static. The animal in question was one of North ...

A ferret pokes their head up in one of the cages inside the National Black-footed Ferret Conservation Center, in Fort Collins, Colo. Inside a nondescript building north of Fort Collins, U.S. Fish and ...

Since the removal of the invasive species, a native seabird, the Manx shearwater, has returned to breeding on Rathlin Island for the first time in 20 years Getty Northern Ireland's Rathlin Island is ...

Researchers reported that the domestic ferrets in North America and Australia had extremely low genetic diversity, whereas ferrets in Europe had higher genetic diversity, as periodic hybridization ...