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 ...

Well, in this case, the story is real. For the first time in U.S. history, a cloned endangered species has produced offspring. SUMMERS: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently announced that ...

The Arizona Center for Nature Conservation/Phoenix Zoo welcomed five more litters of the highly-endangered black-footed ferrets this May and June at its Arthur L. and Elaine V. Johnson Conservation ...

Meet Aster, Swifty and Aspen. The trio of black-footed ferret kits at the Smithsonian National Zoo’s biology facility in Virginia were named after more than 6,700 people voted. The baby ferrets were ...

A cloned black-footed ferret successfully gave birth — marking the first time a U.S. clone of an endangered species produced offspring, and an opportunity to rebuild the black-footed ferret population ...

Black-footed ferrets, once widespread across western North America, were thought to be extinct in the 20th century. But after a ranch dog’s chance find in the 1980s and advances in modern science, 12 ...

A trio of baby ferrets need names and the National Zoo is asking for the public’s help. The black-footed ferret kits were born May 19 at the zoo’s conservation and biology unit in Front Royal, Va. The ...

On December 1, 2025, in Perry, Kansas, USA, @FerretTornado shared a video of an adorable snow moment with their baby ferrets. In the video, the young ferrets, Sitch and Vinny, experience their very ...

A small face poked its nose through the bars of a metal cage, curious about the two women who’ve entered the room at the National Black-Footed Ferret Conservation Center outside of Fort Collins.

The public can vote on a list of names through July 25. Some options include Aster, Albus and Cottonwood. The ferrets, two males and one female, are living at a conservation unit in Virginia. Good ...