In 1979, the black-footed ferret was believed to be extinct. More than four decades later, scientists in the US have not only ...

Sibert and Red Cloud, black-footed ferret siblings at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, are ...

Once believed to be extinct, wildlife biologists estimate there are 500 black-foot ferrets in the U.S. after decades of ...

The black-footed ferret program, run by the Fish and Wildlife Service, was the first time cloning was used as a conservation ...

Black-footed ferrets, also known as American polecats, are carnivorous relatives of weasels with dark patches around their ...

Scientists say the births of two ferrets are the first time a cloned endangered species has reproduced in a conservation ...

Authorities indicated that techniques used in their work with black-footed ferrets could help preserve other endangered ...

A black-footed ferret cloned from a 1980s-era Colorado ferret gave birth to babies for the first time in an endangered species breakthrough.