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 ...

Video shows a student prodding at a ferret inside a cage, trying to encourage it to venture outside. It chatters at them in protest and darts its head outside the cage as if to warn them to stop.

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 ...

That’s where a wild black-footed ferret named Willa comes in. Willa came from outside of that very small gene pool. Scientists decided to store her genetic material at the San Diego Zoo.

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 ...