The black-footed ferret could also be called the black-eyed ferret because of the distinctive “stick-em up” mask that adorns its face. The tan ferrets also have black markings on their feet ...

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Thirteen years after they were listed as endangered in 1967, the last captive ferret died, and the animals were thought to be extinct in North ... Presently, ferrets survive at 14 of those sites.

When an epidemic of plague struck prairie dogs within South Dakota’s greater Conata-Badlands ecosystem last spring, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service black-footed ferret biologists and their state and ...

POWELL — The first clone of a black-footed ferret, Elizabeth Anne, was an important step in addressing the endangered species’ impoverished genetics. Starting with access to genetic material ...

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 ...

Using corrugated plastic tubing, a black-footed ferret gets its first view of its new home during a relocation effort by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which heads up the National Black ...