Two endangered baby black-footed ferrets have been born, but these babies are extremely unusual—they're both clones. Noreen was born at the National Black-Footed Ferret Conservation Center in ...

Interior Department employees say they have been scrambling to keep the lights on and do their jobs as budget cuts driven by ...

Black-footed ferrets, weasel-like animals with distinctive dark bands around their eyes and black feet, are ruthless little hunters. At night, they dive into burrows in pursuit of juicy prairie ...

Starting with access to genetic material from just seven black-footed ferrets, the federal, state and private partnership that brought the species back from near extinction is now using cloning to ...

The National Black-Footed Ferret Conservation Center in Carr, Colo., is at risk of losing heat and power as its remaining employees rush to prepare for the animal's breeding season. A federal ...

The center near Interstate 25 holds the world’s largest captive population of black-footed ferrets. Jackson loved spying pronghorn antelope and burrowing owls just outside the facility.

Tina Jackson, the former black-footed ferret recovery coordinator with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, said these cuts will impact the ferrets the most. "The public just doesn't understand ...