The Federal government recently auctioned off thousands of acres of new leases for oil and gas drilling in northwest Colorado. The area is considered crucial habitat for the endangered black-footed ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — A new habitat opening at the Sedgwick County Zoo will showcase a once-thought-extinct species. The Rogers Family Ferret Habitat, which will bring black-footed ferrets to the zoo ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If only black-footed ferrets had a brand ambassador like groundhogs have in Punxsutawney Phil. The endangered ferrets don’t quite ...

If you go to ZooMontana in Billings this winter, you might see a new exhibit in the process of being built. ZooMontana announced Cushing Terrell, a local design firm, is donating proceeds from its ...

DENVER ” Gas drilling is on hold for now in a part of northwest Colorado that’s home to the endangered black-footed ferret. The Interior Board of Land Appeals last week overturned the sale of oil and ...

In 1979, the black-footed ferret was believed to be extinct. More than four decades later, scientists in the US have not only cloned the species from the last wild survivors, but one of those clones ...

LARIMER COUNTY, Colo. — The black-footed ferret may be short of stature, but they stand tall in the history books – they were the first North American endangered species to be cloned in 2020. This ...

The black-footed ferret is one of North America’s most endangered mammals, due to the decimation of its prey species, the prairie dog. Researchers need to determine which prairie dog colony complexes ...

A specialized drone could be instrumental in saving an endangered species of ferret in the United States. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced plans to test out a program that would use ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — New Mexico is doing its part to ensure the survival of the endangered black-footed ferret, putting dozens of the animals in captivity in areas similar to what they would experience ...

DENVER ” Gas drilling is on hold for now in a part of northwest Colorado that’s home to the endangered black-footed ferret. The Interior Board of Land Appeals last week overturned the sale of oil and ...