The exotic pet trade has exploded recently, with millions of unconventional animals being bought and sold globally. This ...

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

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

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

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

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

In a "groundbreaking achievement," a clone of an endangered species of ferret has given birth to babies for the very first time. The mother, named Antonia, is a clone of another black-footed ...

For the first time, the clone of a black-footed ferret has reproduced successfully. Antonia, a clone produced from the DNA of a ferret that died in 1988, has birthed two healthy kits. The black ...

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