A loss of habitat and prey are ... more diversity to the black-footed ferret population, potentially making the species more resistant to current and future natural challenges.

“Now the BLM must reconsider before allowing the home of Colorado’s only black-footed ferrets to become a well field.” Northwest Colorado is a hot spot of the state’s natural gas ...

Both ferrets will be kept separate from the remaining ... The recovery plan for the animals includes attempts to restore their natural habitat so as to give those in the wild the greatest possible ...

Also in the Fort Collins area, a band of black-footed ferrets was reintroduced to its native habitat at Soapstone Natural Area in 2014.

but accommodating the ferrets' increasing need for habitat will require financial support for the ranching community in return for tolerating significant numbers of prairie dogs. The Natural ...

"It underscores the imperative to investigate the natural history of small carnivores." Researchers thrilled after trail ...

Ferrets are also threatened by habitat conversion to farmland or human settlement and disease like sylvatic plague—both of which prairie dogs are also susceptible to. Sylvatic plague is a ...

Neither the prairie dogs nor the ferrets have any natural defense against it ... ferrets have struggled generally from prey and habitat loss. Prairie dogs make up roughly 90% of a black-footed ...

The black-footed ferret lived throughout central ... the salamander is a “unique component of Kansas natural heritage” because the habitat itself is uncommon in Kansas. The grotto salamander ...

“Now the BLM must reconsider before allowing the home of Colorado’s only black-footed ferrets to become a well field.” Northwest Colorado is a hot spot of the state’s natural gas boom, with thousands ...