Thanks to the development of a special tracking collar, scientists are now reviewing data to understand the lives of ...

Work at the National Black-Footed Ferret Conservation Center in northern Colorado is helping save one of the most endangered ...

The black-footed ferret is seriously endangered. In fact, up until recently, all living black-footed ferrets came from just seven individuals, which means there was very limited genetic diversity ...

Wildlife conservationists are celebrating a big milestone reached by a little black-footed ferret and her offspring, born at ...

A bill that would lift the protected status of Wyoming otters was expanded and advanced Tuesday by a state Senate committee.

A house bill initially seeking to remove otters as protected animals in Wyoming passed the Senate Travel Committee with major ...

Wild black-footed ferret wearing a novel tracking collar peers out of a prairie dog burrow. Roshan Patel, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute.

Prairie dogs occupy an estimated 130,000 acres of rangeland in Kansas. This is about 1 percent of suitable habitat, leaving ample room for prairie dogs to increase in Kansas.

A cloned black-footed ferret gave birth to two kits in June 2024. This is the first time a cloned animal from an endangered species has successfully reproduced. Researchers hope they can breed ...