Today, after numerous reintroductions, there are thought to be roughly 350 black-footed ferrets living in the wild, and these animals are suffering from low genetic diversity, disease, habitat loss, ...

The numbers reached levels so low that by the early 80s it was believed that the animals were extinct. That is until in 1981, when the black-footed ferret was re-discovered in Wyoming. Efforts to ...

Surgical sterilization of ferrets is a relatively common surgical ... careful blunt dissection or thermal cautery. Obese or aged animals during winter may have abundant fat accumulated on the ...

Finding the right companion animal can provide a happier, healthier life for many families. Ferrets can be a popular choice due to their adorable faces and cuddly personalities, although they are ...

a cloned black-footed ferret at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, has produced two healthy offspring that will help build genetic diversity in their recovering ...

Las Animas has 33 new little residents after the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo (CMZoo) successfully released endangered Black Footed ...

For the first time, the clone of a black-footed ferret has reproduced successfully. Antonia, a clone produced from the DNA of a ferret that died in 1988, has birthed two healthy kits. The black ...

Elizabeth Ann is about two months old and was cloned from 33-year old DNA US scientists have successfully cloned a highly-endangered black-footed ferret using DNA from an identical animal that has ...

SUMMERS: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently announced that Antonia, a cloned black-footed ferret, had given birth to three kits after mating with a male named Urchin. One baby died ...

The Bingley business owner said she was the first to win across both the adult and kit (baby ferret) categories ... judges award points based on the animals' characteristics such as eyes, teeth ...