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 ...

That year, conservationists in the US began a captive breeding program, using just 18 black-footed ferrets (Mustela nigripes), caught in the wild from a small, inbred population found still living in ...

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, ...

For the first time, an endangered black-footed ferret named Antonia that was cloned from cryogenically-preserved tissue has ...

In 1979, the black-footed ferret was believed to be extinct. More than four decades later, scientists in the US have not only cloned the species from the last wild survivors, but one of those clones ...

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While one of the offspring, referred to as kits, passed away shortly after birth, the two others, a male and a female, “are ...

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that’s a very rare situation.” Because predation by badgers and coyotes may limit black-footed ferret reintroduction, CPW is working to see how they can protect the newly reintroduced ferrets and buy ...