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 ...

The Arizona Center for Nature Conservation/Phoenix Zoo welcomed five more litters of the highly-endangered black-footed ferrets this May and June at its Arthur L. and Elaine V. Johnson Conservation ...

Well, in this case, the story is real. For the first time in U.S. history, a cloned endangered species has produced offspring. SUMMERS: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently announced that ...

PHOENIX — Twenty-one endangered black-footed ferrets were born at the Phoenix Zoo this breeding season in an effort to reintroduce the animals to the wild, the zoo and the Arthur L. and Elaine V.

A cloned black-footed ferret successfully gave birth — marking the first time a U.S. clone of an endangered species produced offspring, and an opportunity to rebuild the black-footed ferret population ...

Meet Aster, Swifty and Aspen. The trio of black-footed ferret kits at the Smithsonian National Zoo’s biology facility in Virginia were named after more than 6,700 people voted. The baby ferrets were ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Efforts to rebuild the population of North America’s most endangered mammal are gaining traction right on Denver’s doorstep. A crew of U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...