To help the pet do something constructive with all this energy, and to keep him from digging up another couch, Smith decided to bring the ferret outside with her. “I figured if it worked to take ...

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 ...

Tina Jackson fears federal job cuts and funding freezes could imperil work to save the species from the brink of extinction.

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 ...

The work they do goes beyond just the black-footed ferret. "Those scientific advancements help other species as well like the cloning work that goes on with ferrets, funded by outside partners ...