To the California Department of Fish and Game and some environmentalists, ferrets are wild animals with the potential to establish feral colonies and wreak havoc on native species if they escape ...

Wildlife conservationists are celebrating a big milestone reached by a little black-footed ferret and her offspring, born at the Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute earlier ...

Or rather, plague-vaccine-bearing peanut butter eaten by prairie dogs, reports Ruffin Prevost for Yellowstone Gate. Zoos and preserves have been breeding black-footed ferrets and releasing new ...

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 ...

Colorado Parks and Wildlife released endangered black-footed ferrets into the wild. The release happened last week at May Ranch with some help from students from Lamar Middle School. Black-footed ...