The black-footed ferret is one of North America’s most endangered animals and has been since 1972. In fact, it got so bad that these ferrets were once thought to be extinct. Fortunately ...

Yet, the black-footed ferret, with its bandit-like mask and playful nature, has done just that. Once believed to be lost forever, this small predator’s journey from extinction’s edge is ...

Black-footed ferrets are one of the most endangered mammals in North America with only an estimated 370 in the wild, according to the World Wildlife Fund. Accessibility links.

FWS pictures of black-footed ferret clones Antonia (main) and Noreen (inset). These ferrets are clones of a ferret named Willa who was captured in the 1980s.

These Unique Black-Footed Ferrets Are on the Edge of Extinction. Trump’s Cuts May Well Do Them in. “So much conservation work is happening bare-bones right now.” ...

When President Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act into law 50 years ago, one of the first on the endangered list was the black-footed ferret, North America’s rarest animal. Once thought to ...

In a "groundbreaking achievement," a clone of an endangered species of ferret has given birth to babies for the very first time. The mother, named Antonia, is a clone of another black-footed ...

Sibert and Red Cloud could make an enormous contribution to the species because their mother was cloned from a black-footed ferret from the 1980s, named Willa, who had no offspring.

Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute Black-footed ferrets, Sibert and Red Cloud, at 6 weeks old. The kits represent the first offspring to be born by a cloned endangered ...

LARIMER COUNTY, Colo. — The black-footed ferret may be short of stature, but they stand tall in the history books – they were the first North American endangered species to be cloned in 2020.

Since the black-footed ferret’s rediscovery in the wild in the 1980s, USFWS and partners have worked tirelessly to bring the species back from the brink of extinction. USFWS has led black-footed ...

The 3-month old black-footed ferret kits that are the offspring of Antonia, a cloned black-footed ferret, mark the first time a cloned U.S. endangered species has produced offspring.