While one of the offspring, referred to as kits, passed away shortly after birth, the two others, a male and a female, “are ...

In a "groundbreaking achievement," a clone of an endangered species of ferret has given birth to babies for the very first ...

Once believed to be extinct, wildlife biologists estimate there are 500 black-foot ferrets in the U.S. after decades of ...

Sibert and Red Cloud, black-footed ferret siblings at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, are ...

In 1979, the black-footed ferret was believed to be extinct. More than four decades later, scientists in the US have not only ...

For the first time, an endangered black-footed ferret named Antonia that was cloned from cryogenically-preserved tissue has ...

In a victory for conservation, a cloned endangered animal has birthed healthy offspring for the first time in the United ...

Authorities indicated that techniques used in their work with black-footed ferrets could help preserve other endangered ...

Antonia, a clone produced from the DNA of a ferret that died in 1988, has birthed two healthy kits. The black-footed ferret is an endangered species, with only approximately 370 alive in the wild ...

After years of efforts, Colorado Parks and Wildlife confirmed that black-footed ferrets, an endangered species, has ...

The black-footed ferret program, run by the Fish and Wildlife Service, was the first time cloning was used as a conservation ...

Scientists say the births of two ferrets are the first time a cloned endangered species has reproduced in a conservation ...