Of all the communities across America impacted by the government shutdown, the population of endangered black-footed ferrets may be among the smallest and most vulnerable. This rare species, ...

A small animal with a big personality is searching for her forever home.

In a victory for conservation, a cloned endangered animal has birthed healthy offspring for the first time in the United States. The black-footed ferret, named Antonia, is also the first cloned ferret ...

Wild black-footed ferret wearing a novel tracking collar peers out of a prairie dog burrow. Roshan Patel, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. Photos and b-roll are available ...

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