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 ...

When an epidemic of plague struck prairie dogs within South Dakota’s greater Conata-Badlands ecosystem last spring, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service black-footed ferret biologists and their state and ...

Earlier this month, as part of the Trump administration’s purge of federal employees, Tina Jackson, the head of the FWS’s entire black-footed ferret recovery program, was fired. FWS also fired ...

Coloradan Tina Jackson's one-year probationary period as a federal employee was set to end on March 10. But three weeks ago, she was let go from the Fish and Wildlife Service team she headed.

Thirteen years after they were listed as endangered in 1967, the last captive ferret died, and the animals were thought to be extinct in North ... Presently, ferrets survive at 14 of those sites.

The first clone of a black-footed ferret, Elizabeth Anne, was an important step in addressing the endangered species’ ...

Interior Department employees say they have been scrambling to keep the lights on and do their jobs as budget cuts driven by ...

DENVER — In northern Colorado, a dedicated team of workers is helping save an endangered species known as the black-footed ferret. Now, President Trump has fired some of the team at the National ...

Tina Jackson never tired of arriving to work at the National Black-Footed Ferret Conservation Center outside of Fort Collins. After nearly 30 years as a state wildlife manager, Jackson took a job ...

A black-footed ferret expert whose probationary period as a federal employee was about to end is now out of a job. She's worried for the future of a species she's dedicated her life to.