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 ...

Black-footed ferrets are North America's only native ferret species and were thought to be extinct in 1979. When the species was miraculously rediscovered in 1981 in Wyoming, these long, quirky ...

This 2-foot-long, black-masked member of the weasel family once occurred in central grasslands and basins from southern Canada to Texas but is now one of the most endangered mammals in North America.