Black-footed ferrets, weasel-like animals with distinctive dark bands around their eyes and black feet, are ruthless little ...

A Florida man faces charges after he allegedly touched young girls he lured to his home with the promise of letting them pet his ferrets. Robert Alan Rouse, 36, of Clearwater, is charged with two ...

Critter Solutions wanted to create "open and inviting" traps more likely to attract animals. Scientists develop unbelievably ...

Traws Pharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRAW) (“Traws Pharma”, “Traws” or “the Company”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company ...

Pre-existing immunity against seasonal H1N1 flu might help explain why most reported human cases of H5N1 bird flu in the U.S. have not resulted in lethal outcomes, suggests a new study by University ...

If only black-footed ferrets had a brand ambassador like groundhogs have in Punxsutawney Phil. The endangered ferrets don’t quite feel the same love as the famous groundhog, but they do get a ...

The pair of ferrets with unusual names are looking for a new home. With a strong brotherly bond they will need to stay together.

A dead raccoon discovered in North Amityville on Jan. 28 tested positive as the first case of rabies in a land mammal in Suffolk in 16 years.

Lab tests suggest a strain of the flu virus circulating this season may not be "well-recognized" by the flu vaccine.

The county health department is offering free rabies vaccinations for dogs, cats and ferrets on Friday, March 21 at the Eastern LI Academy of Applied Technology in Riverhead.

Thanks to the development of a special tracking collar, scientists are now reviewing data to understand the lives of black-footed ferrets.