In Colorado, scientists have cloned the first endangered species native to North America: a black-footed ferret. They hope their new technology might help keep other species from going extinct. I ...

They're unbearably cute, silly, and sneaky, and sometimes, they just crash out in the funniest, but most adorable positions.

All four people charged in an animal cruelty case in Bethel have pleaded guilty and will serve some time in jail.

Two more black-footed ferrets have been cloned from the genes used for the first clone of an endangered species in the U.S., bringing to three the number of slinky predators genetically identical to ...

Elizabeth Ann is just 2 months old, but her extraordinary life is already making history. This black-footed ferret is a clone of an animal that died more than 30 years ago, and she is the first ...

Four people will collectively pay the Clermont County Animal Shelter over $11,000 after they kept 38 dogs and 7 ferrets ...

Kansas State University surgeons had the rare opportunity to surgically-implant a one-of-a-kind pacemaker into a ferret named Zelda after the pet’s owner, Carl Hobi, noticed problems with the animal’s ...

One species of mustelid is particularly adept at maneuvers below the ground – the ferret. Ferrets hunt in tight and twisty burrows, bending their bodies up to 180 degrees, both vertically and ...

When a Gold Coast mother recently asked her veterinarian what she should do with two ferrets no longer needed by her older son, she was told to call a certain number, drive west along a certain ...

I would like to introduce you to a very special ferret. Her name is Elizabeth Ann. She's a black-footed ferret. She also happens to be the first endangered species native to North America to be cloned ...