Efforts to help a genetically impoverished species may be the only chance for a stable population and the species' eventual ...

Little Paws Ferret Rescue have launched a fundraising campaign as they aim to raise more than £2,000 for doors to buildings that will house rescued ferrets. It comes as the Sunderland based rescue, ...

Coloradan Tina Jackson's one-year probationary period as a federal employee was set to end on March 10. But three weeks ago, ...

The endangered ferrets don’t quite feel the same love as the famous groundhog, but they do get a little help from their friends, a devoted group working to protect and restore the cute ...

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 ...

A U.S.-based animal rights group has pledged US$50,000 to help any ferrets rescued from a breeding mill in southwestern ...

In the early 1900s, the United States was likely home to more than 5 million ferrets. But ferrets, which hunt prairie dogs for food and live in their burrows, were almost wiped out early in the 20th ...

The domestic ferret, though not as common a laboratory animal as the rat or mouse, serves as a model in critical research areas, including influenza biology and vaccine development. Studies ...

Little Paws Ferret Rescue have launched a fundraising campaign as they aim to raise more than £2,000 for doors to buildings that will house rescued ferrets. It comes as the Sunderland based ...

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 ...