It’s almost impossible to imagine that a creature could vanish from the wild and then, decades later, make a dramatic ...

The black-footed ferret is one of North America’s most endangered animals and has been since 1972. In fact, it got so bad ...

The black-footed ferret could also be called the black-eyed ferret because of the distinctive “stick-em up” mask that adorns its face. The tan ferrets also have black markings on their feet ...

Presently, ferrets survive at 14 of those sites. Currently there are 340 black-footed ferrets in the wild and 301 in captivity. For decades the Center has been defending this species from threats like ...