For many people, that means having a cat and a dog. However, some people are mixing things up a bit. Instead of keeping their feline companion company with a canine companion, some parents are opting ...

In the open grasslands of South Dakota, not far from the dramatic rock formations of Badlands National Park, lives one of the continent’s cutest, fiercest, and rarest animals: the black-footed ferret.

Black-footed ferrets, weasel-like animals with distinctive dark bands around their eyes and black feet, are ruthless little hunters. At night, they dive into burrows in pursuit of juicy prairie ...

The tan ferrets also have black markings on their feet, legs, and tail tip. This animal's long slender body, like that of a weasel, enables it to crawl in and out of the holes and dwellings of its ...